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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/thr_suspend.2 b/lib/libc/sys/thr_suspend.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b470d18 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/thr_suspend.2 @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2016 The FreeBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This documentation was written by +.\" Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org> under sponsorship +.\" from the FreeBSD Foundation. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd September 23, 2016 +.Dt THR_SUSPEND 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm thr_suspend +.Nd suspend the calling thread +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/thr.h +.Ft int +.Fn thr_suspend "struct timespec *timeout" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +This function is intended for implementing threading. +Normal applications should use +.Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3 +together with +.Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3 +for typical safe suspension with cooperation of the thread +being suspended, or +.Xr pthread_suspend_np 3 +and +.Xr pthread_resume_np 3 +in some specific situations, instead. +.Ef +.Pp +The +.Fn thr_suspend +system call puts the calling thread in a suspended state, where it is +not eligible for CPU time. +This state is exited by another thread calling +.Xr thr_wake 2 , +when the time interval specified by +.Fa timeout +has elapsed, +or by the delivery of a signal to the suspended thread. +.Pp +If the +.Fa timeout +argument is +.Dv NULL , +the suspended state can be only terminated by explicit +.Fn thr_wake +or signal. +.Pp +If a wake from +.Xr thr_wake 2 +was delivered before the +.Nm +call, the thread is not put into a suspended state. +Instead, the call +returns immediately without an error. +.Pp +If a thread previously called +.Xr thr_wake 2 +with its own thread identifier, which resulted in setting the internal kernel +flag to immediately abort interruptible sleeps with an +.Er EINTR +error +.Po +see +.Xr thr_wake 2 +.Pc , +the flag is cleared. +As with +.Xr thr_wake 2 +called from another thread, the next +.Nm +call does not result in suspension. +.Pp +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Rv -std thr_suspend +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn thr_suspend +operation returns the following errors: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EFAULT +The memory pointed to by the +.Fa timeout +argument is not valid. +.It Bq Er ETIMEDOUT +The specified timeout expired. +.It Bq Er ETIMEDOUT +The +.Fa timeout +argument specified a zero time interval. +.It Bq Er EINTR +The sleep was interrupted by a signal. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ps 1 , +.Xr thr_wake 2 , +.Xr pthread_resume_np 3 , +.Xr pthread_suspend_np 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn thr_suspend +system call is non-standard. |