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27.Dd February 13, 2003
28.Dt PTHREAD_SUSPEND_NP 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pthread_suspend_np
32.Nd suspend a thread
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libpthread
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In pthread_np.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn pthread_suspend_np "pthread_t tid"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn pthread_suspend_np
42function, called on an active thread, causes it to suspend.
43.Sh RETURN VALUES
44If successful,
45.Fn pthread_suspend_np
46function returns 0.
47Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.
48.Sh ERRORS
49The
50.Fn pthread_suspend_np
51function will fail if:
52.Bl -tag -width Er
53.It Bq Er EDEADLK
54An attempt was made to suspend the current thread.
55.It Bq Er EINVAL
56The value specified by the
57.Fa tid
58argument is invalid.
59.It Bq ESRC
60No thread could be found corresponding to the thread ID specified by the
61.Fa tid
62argument.
63.El
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65.Xr pthread_resume_all_np 3 ,
66.Xr pthread_resume_np 3 ,
67.Xr pthread_suspend_all_np 3
68.Sh AUTHORS
69This manual page was written by
70.An Alexey Zelkin Aq phantom@FreeBSD.org .
71