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35 .Nd create a new light-weight process
41 .Fn _lwp_create "ucontext_t *context" "unsigned long flags" "lwpid_t *new_lwp"
44 causes creation of a new light-weight process, or LWP, and adds it to the
48 argument specifies the initial execution context for the new LWP including
49 signal mask, stack, and machine registers.
51 The following flags affect the creation of the new LWP:
52 .Bl -tag -width LWP_SUSPENDED
54 The LWP is created detached.
55 The resources associated with a detached LWP will be automatically
56 reclaimed by the system when the LWP exits.
57 Otherwise, a terminated LWP's resources will not be reclaimed until
58 its status is reported to another LWP via
61 The LWP is created suspended, and will not begin execution until
62 it is resumed by another LWP via
64 .\" __LWP_ASLWP is not yet implemented by the NetBSD kernel.
67 The LWP ID of the new LWP is stored in the location pointed to by
70 Upon successful completion,
73 Otherwise, an error code is returned to indicate the error.
76 will fail and no LWP will be created if:
77 .Bl -tag -width [EAGAIN]
79 The system-imposed limit on the total
80 number of LWPs under execution would be exceeded.
81 This limit is configuration-dependent.
83 There is insufficient swap space for the new LWP.
85 The address pointed to by
89 is outside the process's allocated address space.
95 .Xr _lwp_makecontext 3
99 system call first appeared in