124 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff
124 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Joerg Wunsch
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.\" $Id: sleep.9,v 1.9 1997/04/11 17:49:56 bde Exp $
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.\" "
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.Dd April 3, 1996
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.Os
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.Dt SLEEP 9
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sleep ,
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.Nm tsleep ,
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.Nm wakeup
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.Nd wait for events
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/param.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/systm.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/proc.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn tsleep "void *ident" "int priority" "const char *wmesg" "int timo"
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.Ft void
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.Fn wakeup "void *ident"
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.Ft void
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.Fn wakeup_one "void *ident"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The functions
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.Fn tsleep
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and
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.Fn wakeup
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handle event-based process blocking. If a process must wait for an
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external event, it is put on sleep by
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.Nm tsleep .
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The parameter
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.Ar ident
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is an arbitrary address that uniquely identifies the event on which
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the process is being asleep. All processes sleeping on a single
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.Ar ident
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are woken up later by
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.Nm wakeup ,
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often called from inside an interrupt routine, to indicate that the
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resource the process was blocking on is available now.
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.Pp
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The parameter
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.Ar wmesg
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is a string describing the sleep condition for tools like
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.Xr ps 1 .
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Due to the limited space of those programs to display arbitrary strings,
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this message should not be longer than 6 characters.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn wakeup_one
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function is used to make the first process in the queue that is
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sleeping on the parameter
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.Fa ident
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runnable. This can prevent the system from becoming saturated
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when a large number of processes are sleeping on the same address,
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but only one of them can actually do any useful work when made
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runnable.
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.Pp
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.Nm Tsleep
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is the general sleep call. Suspends the current process until a wakeup is
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performed on the specified identifier. The process will then be made
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runnable with the specified
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.Ar priority .
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Sleeps at most
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.Ar timo
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\&/ hz seconds (0 means no timeout). If
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.Ar pri
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includes the
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.Dv PCATCH
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flag, signals are checked before and after sleeping, else signals are
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not checked. Returns 0 if awakened,
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.Dv EWOULDBLOCK
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if the timeout expires. If
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.Dv PCATCH
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is set and a signal needs to be delivered,
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.Dv ERESTART
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is returned if the current system call should be restarted if
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possible, and
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.Dv EINTR
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is returned if the system call should be interrupted by the signal
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.Pq return Dv EINTR .
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.Pp
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.Nm Sleep
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is the traditional form. It doesn't let you specify a timeout nor a
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.Ar wmesg ,
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hence its use is deprecated.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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See above.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ps 1
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.Sh HISTORY
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The sleep/wakeup process synchronization mechanism is very old. It
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appeared in a very early version of Unix.
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.Pp
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.Nm Tsleep
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appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This man page has been written by
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.ie t J\(:org Wunsch.
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.el Joerg Wunsch.
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