Module Name: src
Committed By: haad
Date: Wed May 12 15:54:47 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man9: kthread.9
Log Message:
Document kthread_join in kthread(9).
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Index: src/share/man/man9/kthread.9
diff -u src/share/man/man9/kthread.9:1.20 src/share/man/man9/kthread.9:1.21
--- src/share/man/man9/kthread.9:1.20 Mon Aug 3 23:29:19 2009
+++ src/share/man/man9/kthread.9 Wed May 12 15:54:47 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: kthread.9,v 1.20 2009/08/03 23:29:19 rmind Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: kthread.9,v 1.21 2010/05/12 15:54:47 haad Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2007, 2008 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
.Nm kthread_create ,
.Nm kthread_destroy ,
.Nm kthread_exit
+.Nm kthread_join
.Nd kernel threads
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/kthread.h
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@
.Fa ci ,
meaning that it will only ever execute on that CPU.
By default, the threads are free to execute on any CPU in the system.
+.Dv KTHREAD_JOINABLE
+Request creation of joinable kthread.
.It Fa func
A function to be called when the thread begins executing.
This function must not return.
@@ -139,6 +142,8 @@
.It Fn kthread_exit "ecode"
Exit from a kernel thread.
Must only be called by a kernel thread.
+.It Fn kthread_join "l"
+Suspend execution of running LWP untils the target kthread terminates.
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion,
