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.\" $NetBSD: _lwp_makecontext.3,v 1.3 2003/04/16 13:34:35 wiz Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Jason R. Thorpe of Wasabi Systems, Inc.
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.Dd January 16, 2003
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.Dt _LWP_MAKECONTEXT 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm _lwp_makecontext
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.Nd create a new initial light-weight process execution context
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In lwp.h
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.Ft void
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.Fn _lwp_makecontext "ucontext_t *context" "void (*start_routine)(void *)" \
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"void *arg" "void *private" "caddr_t stack_base" "size_t stack_size"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Fn _lwp_makecontext
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initializes the context structure pointed to by
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.Fa context
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in a manner suitable for using with
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.Xr _lwp_create 2 .
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The LWP will begin execution at the function specified by
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.Fa start_routine
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which will be passed a single argument
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.Fa arg .
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The LWP private data pointer will be set to
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.Fa private .
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The stack region for the new LWP is specified by the
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.Fa stack_base
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and
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.Fa stack_size
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arguments.
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.Pp
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The signal mask in the context structure is not initialized by
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.Fn _lwp_makecontext .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr _lwp_create 2 ,
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.Xr _lwp_getprivate 2
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn _lwp_create
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system call first appeared in
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.Nx 2.0 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The LWP private data pointer is not initialized by the current
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implementation of
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.Fn _lwp_makecontext .
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