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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt LCTLFD 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Lctlfd
19.Nd obtain the thread control file descriptor
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Lb libproc
22.In libproc.h
23.Ft int
24.Fo Lctlfd
25.Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L"
26.Fc
27.Sh DESCRIPTION
28The
29.Fn Lctlfd
30function returns a file descriptor to the underlying /proc file system
31.Sy ctl
32file for the thread identified by the handle
33.Fa L .
34This may be used for injecting control operations manually; however,
35many interfaces for using it are provided by
36.Xr libproc 3LIB
37itself.
38.Pp
39The file descriptor is invalidated when the thread handle is released
40through
41.Xr Lfree 3PROC .
42The caller
43.Em must not
44call
45.Xr close 2
46on the returned file descriptor.
47.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
48.Sy Uncommitted
49.Sh MT-LEVEL
50See
51.Sy LOCKING
52in
53.Xr libproc 3LIB .
54.Sh SEE ALSO
55.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
56.Xr Lfree 3PROC ,
57.Xr Lgrab 3PROC ,
58.Xr proc 4
59