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30.Dd January 13, 2003
31.Dt _LWP_WAKEUP 2
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm _lwp_wakeup
35.Nd make a blocked light-weight process runnable
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libc
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In lwp.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn _lwp_wakeup "lwpid_t lwp"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Fn _lwp_wakeup
44makes a blocked LWP runnable.  The blocked LWP must be in
45.Dv LSSLEEP
46state.
47Unblocking the LWP does not guarantee that it will make progress; it
48may block again as soon as it resumes execution in the kernel.
49.Sh RETURN VALUES
50Upon successful completion,
51.Fn _lwp_wakeup
52returns a value of 0.
53Otherwise, an error code is returned to indicate the error.
54.Sh ERRORS
55.Fn _lwp_wakeup
56will fail if:
57.Bl -tag -width [ENODEV]
58.It Bq Er ESRCH
59No LWP can be found in the current process corresponding to that
60specified by
61.Fa lwp .
62.It Bq Er ENODEV
63The specified LWP is not in
64.Dv LSSLEEP
65state.
66.It Bq Er EBUSY
67The specified LWP is blocked in an uninterruptible sleep.
68.El
69.Sh HISTORY
70The
71.Fn _lwp_wakeup
72system call first appeared in
73.Nx 2.0 .
74