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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/kthread.9 b/share/man/man9/kthread.9
index 148a34e..29d678c 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/kthread.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/kthread.9
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd October 26, 2007
+.Dd January 26, 2009
.Dt KTHREAD 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@
.Fn kthread_start "const void *udata"
.Ft void
.Fn kthread_shutdown "void *arg" "int howto"
-.Ft int
-.Fo kthread_add
-.Fa "void (*func)(void *)" "void *arg" "struct proc *procp"
-.Fa "struct thread **newtdpp" "int flags" "int pages"
-.Fa "const char *fmt" ...
-.Fc
.Ft void
.Fn kthread_exit "void"
.Ft int
@@ -57,6 +51,13 @@
.Fn kthread_suspend "struct thread *td" "int timo"
.Ft void
.Fn kthread_suspend_check "struct thread *td"
+.In sys/unistd.h
+.Ft int
+.Fo kthread_add
+.Fa "void (*func)(void *)" "void *arg" "struct proc *procp"
+.Fa "struct thread **newtdpp" "int flags" "int pages"
+.Fa "const char *fmt" ...
+.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo kproc_kthread_add
.Fa "void (*func)(void *)" "void *arg"
@@ -142,8 +143,12 @@ If this argument is
then it is ignored.
The
.Fa flags
-argument specifies a set of flags as described in
-.Xr rfork 2 .
+argument may be set to
+.Dv RFSTOPPED
+to leave the thread in a stopped state.
+The caller must call
+.Fn sched_add
+to start the thread.
The
.Fa pages
argument specifies the size of the new kernel thread's stack in pages.
@@ -274,23 +279,10 @@ The
.Fn kthread_add
function will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
-.It Bq Er EAGAIN
-The system-imposed limit on the total
-number of processes under execution would be exceeded.
-The limit is given by the
-.Xr sysctl 3
-MIB variable
-.Dv KERN_MAXPROC .
-.It Bq Er EINVAL
-The
-.Dv RFCFDG
-flag was specified in the
-.Fa flags
-parameter.
+.It Bq Er ENOMEM
+Memory for a thread's stack could not be allocated.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr rfork 2 ,
-.Xr exit1 9 ,
.Xr kproc 9 ,
.Xr SYSINIT 9 ,
.Xr wakeup 9
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