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14 .Dd May 11, 2016
15 .Dt PLWP_GETPSINFO 3PROC
16 .Os
17 .Sh NAME
18 .Nm Plwp_getpsinfo
19 .Nd get thread specific ps information
20 .Sh LIBRARY
21 .Lb libproc
22 .Sh SYNOPSIS
23 .In libproc.h
24 .Ft int
25 .Fo Plwp_getpsinfo
26 .Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
27 .Fa "lwpid_t lwpid"
28 .Fa "lwpsinfo_t *lps"
29 .Fc
30 .Sh DESCRIPTION
31 The
32 .Fn Plwp_getpsinfo
33 function
34 looks up the thread-specific
35 .Xr ps 1
36 information for the thread specified by
37 .Fa lwpid
38 in the process handle
39 .Fa P .
40 The caller should provide a pointer to an
41 .Sy lwpsinfo_t ,
42 .Fa lps ,
43 whose definition can be found in
44 .Xr proc 4 .
45 .Fa lps
46 will be filled in with information such as the thread's id, its current
47 state, priority, and run-time.
48 .Pp
49 The
50 .Fn Plwp_getpsinfo
51 function only works on process handles that refer to active processes
52 and core files, it does not work on process handles that refer to
53 individual files.
54 .Sh RETURN VALUES
55 Upon successful completion, the
56 .Fn Plwp_getpsinfo
57 function returns
58 .Sy 0
59 and
60 .Fa lps
61 is filled in with the
62 thread-specific
63 .Xr ps 1
64 information.
65 Otherwise,
66 .Sy -1
67 is returned and
68 .Sy errno
69 is set to indicate the error.
70 .Sh ERRORS
71 For a full list of possible errors also see the
72 .Sy DIAGNOSTICS
73 section in
74 .Xr proc 4 .
75 .Pp
76 The
77 .Fn Plwp_getpsinfo
78 function will fail if:
79 .Bl -tag -width Er
80 .It Er ENODATA
81 .Fa P
82 refers to a file handle obtained through
83 .Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC .
84 .It Er EINVAL
85 The process handle
86 .Fa P
87 refers to a core file and the specified thread does not exist.
88 .It Er ENOENT
89 The process handle
90 .Fa P
91 refers to an active process and the specified thread does not exist.
92 .El
93 .Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
94 .Sy Uncommitted
95 .Sh MT-LEVEL
96 See
97 .Sy LOCKING
98 in
99 .Xr ps 1 ,
100 .Xr libproc 3LIB .
101 .Sh SEE ALSO
102 .Xr libproc 3LIB ,
103 .Xr proc 4