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.Dd May 11, 2016
.Dt LSTATUS 3PROC
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm Lstatus
.Nd obtain thread status structure
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Lb libproc
.In libproc.h
.Ft "const lwpstatus_t *"
.Fo Pstatus
.Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn Lstatus
function returns the status information about the thread handle
.Fa L .
The
.Sy lwpstatus_t
structure is defined in
.Xr proc 4
and contains information about the thread including its flags, the size
of its stack, its user and system time, and more.
.Pp
The returned pointer is only valid as long as the thread handle
.Fa L
is valid.
After a call to
.Xr Lfree 3PROC ,
the returned data pointer is invalid.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the
.Fn Lstatus
function returns a pointer to the status information of the process.
It always succeeds.
.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
.Sy Uncommitted
.Sh MT-LEVEL
See
.Sy LOCKING
in
.Xr libproc 3LIB .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
.Xr Lfree 3PROC ,
.Xr proc 4