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36 .Nd suspend or continue a light-weight process
42 .Fn _lwp_suspend "lwpid_t lwp"
44 .Fn _lwp_continue "lwpid_t lwp"
47 suspends execution of the LWP specified by
49 Once an LWP is suspended, subsequent calls to
52 The only way to resume execution of a suspended LWP is via
56 resumes execution of the LWP specified by
58 Once an LWP is resumed, subsequent calls to
62 Upon successful completion,
67 Otherwise, an error code is returned to indicate the error.
73 .Bl -tag -width [EDEADLK]
75 No LWP can be found in the current process corresponding to that
82 .Bl -tag -width [EDEADLK]
86 is the only LWP in the process.
93 system call first appeared in