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27.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
28.Dd March 14, 2012
29.Dt _LWP_CTL 2
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm _lwp_ctl
33.Nd prepare per-LWP communication area between kernel and userland
34.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libc
37.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In lwp.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn _lwp_ctl "int features" "struct lwpctl **address"
42.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Fn _lwp_ctl
45prepares per-LWP communication area for the calling LWP,
46and maps it into the calling process' address space.
47It takes the following arguments.
48.Bl -tag -width features
49.It Fa features
50The bitwise-OR of the following flags.
51.Bl -tag -width LWPCTL_FEATURE_CURCPU
52.It Dv LWPCTL_FEATURE_CURCPU
53Request
54.Vt lc_curcpu .
55.It Dv LWPCTL_FEATURE_PCTR
56Request
57.Vt lc_pctr .
58.El
59.It Fa address
60The address to store a pointer to
61.Vt lwpctl
62structure for the calling LWP.
63.El
64.Pp
65The per-LWP communication area is described by an
66.Vt lwpctl
67structure.
68It has following members, depending on
69.Fa features .
70.Bl -tag -width int_lc_curcpu
71.It Vt int lc_curcpu
72The integral identifier of the CPU on which the LWP is running,
73or
74.Dv LWPCTL_CPU_NONE
75when the LWP is not running on any CPU.
76It's updated by the kernel and should be considered as read-only for
77userland.
78It's available only if requested with the
79.Dv LWPCTL_FEATURE_CURCPU
80flag.
81.It Vt int lc_pctr
82The integer which is incremented on every context switches to the LWP.
83It can be used to detect preemption of the LWP.
84(thus its name "preemption counter".)
85It's updated by the kernel and should be considered as read-only for
86userland.
87It's available only if requested with the
88.Dv LWPCTL_FEATURE_PCTR
89flag.
90.El
91.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
92.Sh RETURN VALUES
93.Fn _lwp_ctl
94returns 0 on success.
95Otherwise, \-1 is returned and
96.Va errno
97is set to indicate the error.
98.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
99.\".Sh ERRORS
100.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
101.Sh SEE ALSO
102.Xr errno 2
103