.\" Copyright (c) 2016 The FreeBSD Foundation, Inc. .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" This documentation was written by .\" Konstantin Belousov under sponsorship .\" from the FreeBSD Foundation. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD: releng/12.2/lib/libc/sys/thr_suspend.2 306506 2016-09-30 16:02:25Z kib $ .\" .Dd September 23, 2016 .Dt THR_SUSPEND 2 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm thr_suspend .Nd suspend the calling thread .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/thr.h .Ft int .Fn thr_suspend "struct timespec *timeout" .Sh DESCRIPTION .Bf -symbolic This function is intended for implementing threading. Normal applications should use .Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3 together with .Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3 for typical safe suspension with cooperation of the thread being suspended, or .Xr pthread_suspend_np 3 and .Xr pthread_resume_np 3 in some specific situations, instead. .Ef .Pp The .Fn thr_suspend system call puts the calling thread in a suspended state, where it is not eligible for CPU time. This state is exited by another thread calling .Xr thr_wake 2 , when the time interval specified by .Fa timeout has elapsed, or by the delivery of a signal to the suspended thread. .Pp If the .Fa timeout argument is .Dv NULL , the suspended state can be only terminated by explicit .Fn thr_wake or signal. .Pp If a wake from .Xr thr_wake 2 was delivered before the .Nm call, the thread is not put into a suspended state. Instead, the call returns immediately without an error. .Pp If a thread previously called .Xr thr_wake 2 with its own thread identifier, which resulted in setting the internal kernel flag to immediately abort interruptible sleeps with an .Er EINTR error .Po see .Xr thr_wake 2 .Pc , the flag is cleared. As with .Xr thr_wake 2 called from another thread, the next .Nm call does not result in suspension. .Pp .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std thr_suspend .Sh ERRORS The .Fn thr_suspend operation returns the following errors: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EFAULT The memory pointed to by the .Fa timeout argument is not valid. .It Bq Er ETIMEDOUT The specified timeout expired. .It Bq Er ETIMEDOUT The .Fa timeout argument specified a zero time interval. .It Bq Er EINTR The sleep was interrupted by a signal. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ps 1 , .Xr thr_wake 2 , .Xr pthread_resume_np 3 , .Xr pthread_suspend_np 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn thr_suspend system call is non-standard.