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8158 Want named threads API
9857 proc manpages should have LIBRARY section
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  14 .Dd May 11, 2016
  15 .Dt PCREATE_AGENT 3PROC
  16 .Os
  17 .Sh NAME
  18 .Nm Pcreate_agent
  19 .Nd create the agent LWP
  20 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  21 .Lb libproc

  22 .In libproc.h
  23 .Ft int
  24 .Fo Pcreate_agent
  25 .Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
  26 .Fc
  27 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  28 The
  29 .Fn Pcreate_agent
  30 function creates the agent LWP in the process represented by the handle
  31 .Fa P .
  32 The agent LWP is used as a means to force system calls to be invoked on
  33 the controlled process.
  34 For more information on the agent LWP, see
  35 .Xr proc 4 .
  36 .Pp
  37 The agent LWP cannot be created for process handles corresponding to
  38 core files, zombie processes, processes that have yet to run, and ELF
  39 objects.
  40 .Pp
  41 The


   1 .\"
   2 .\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the
   3 .\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0.
   4 .\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version
   5 .\" 1.0 of the CDDL.
   6 .\"
   7 .\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this
   8 .\" source.  A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at
   9 .\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL.
  10 .\"
  11 .\"
  12 .\" Copyright 2015 Joyent, Inc.
  13 .\"
  14 .Dd May 11, 2016
  15 .Dt PCREATE_AGENT 3PROC
  16 .Os
  17 .Sh NAME
  18 .Nm Pcreate_agent
  19 .Nd create the agent LWP
  20 .Sh LIBRARY
  21 .Lb libproc
  22 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  23 .In libproc.h
  24 .Ft int
  25 .Fo Pcreate_agent
  26 .Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
  27 .Fc
  28 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  29 The
  30 .Fn Pcreate_agent
  31 function creates the agent LWP in the process represented by the handle
  32 .Fa P .
  33 The agent LWP is used as a means to force system calls to be invoked on
  34 the controlled process.
  35 For more information on the agent LWP, see
  36 .Xr proc 4 .
  37 .Pp
  38 The agent LWP cannot be created for process handles corresponding to
  39 core files, zombie processes, processes that have yet to run, and ELF
  40 objects.
  41 .Pp
  42 The