1.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org> 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" 25.\" $FreeBSD$ 26.\" 27.Dd May 5, 2016 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.Pp 44It is not safe for the caller of the 45.Fn pthread_suspend_np 46function to use any non-async signal safe functions, except 47.Xr pthread_resume_np 3 , 48until suspended thread is resumed, unless measures are taken to ensure 49that the thread is suspended at a safe point. 50.Sh RETURN VALUES 51If successful, 52.Fn pthread_suspend_np 53function returns 0. 54Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error. 55.Sh ERRORS 56The 57.Fn pthread_suspend_np 58function will fail if: 59.Bl -tag -width Er 60.It Bq Er EDEADLK 61An attempt was made to suspend the current thread. 62.It Bq Er EINVAL 63The value specified by the 64.Fa tid 65argument is invalid. 66.It Bq Er ESRCH 67No thread could be found corresponding to the thread ID specified by the 68.Fa tid 69argument. 70.El 71.Sh SEE ALSO 72.Xr pthread_resume_all_np 3 , 73.Xr pthread_resume_np 3 , 74.Xr pthread_suspend_all_np 3 75.Sh AUTHORS 76This manual page was written by 77.An Alexey Zelkin Aq Mt phantom@FreeBSD.org . 78