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Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES .\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, .\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY .\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man9/sleep.9,v 1.18.2.5 2001/12/17 11:30:19 ru Exp $ .\" .Dd April 12, 2010 .Dt SLEEP 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm tsleep , .Nm ssleep , .Nm lksleep , .Nm mtxsleep , .Nm zsleep , .Nm tsleep_interlock , .Nm wakeup , .Nm wakeup_one .Nd wait/sleep/block for events .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/param.h .In sys/serialize.h .In sys/systm.h .In sys/proc.h .Ft int .Fn tsleep "void *ident" "int flags" "const char *wmesg" "int timo" .Ft int .Fn ssleep "void *ident" "struct spinlock *spin" "int flags" "const char *wmesg" "int timo" .Ft int .Fn lksleep "void *ident" "struct lock *lock" "int flags" "const char *wmesg" "int timo" .Ft int .Fn mtxsleep "void *ident" "struct mtx *mtx" "int flags" "const char *wmesg" "int timo" .Ft int .Fn zsleep "void *ident" "struct lwkt_serialize *slz" "int flags" "const char *wmesg" "int timo" .Ft void .Fn tsleep_interlock "void *ident" "int flags" .Ft void .Fn wakeup "void *ident" .Ft void .Fn wakeup_one "void *ident" .Sh DESCRIPTION The functions .Fn tsleep , .Fn ssleep , .Fn lksleep , .Fn mtxsleep , .Fn zsleep , and .Fn wakeup handle event-based process blocking. If a process must wait for an external event, it is put on sleep by .Fn tsleep , .Fn ssleep , .Fn lksleep , .Fn mtxsleep , or .Fn zsleep . .Pp The parameter .Ar ident is an arbitrary address that uniquely identifies the event on which the process is being asleep. All processes sleeping on a single .Fa ident are woken up later by .Fn wakeup , often called from inside an interrupt routine, to indicate that the resource the process/thread was blocking on is available now. .Pp The parameter .Fa wmesg is a string describing the sleep condition for tools like .Xr ps 1 . Due to the limited space of those programs to display arbitrary strings, this message should not be longer than 6 characters. .Pp The .Fn tsleep function is general in its use and suspends the current process/thread until a wakeup is performed on the specified identifier. The process/thread will then be made runnable. The process/thread will sleep at most .Fa timo \&/ hz seconds (0 means no timeout). If .Fa flags contains the .Dv PCATCH flag, signals are checked before and after sleeping, else signals are ignored. .Pp The .Fn tsleep_interlock function is similar to .Fn tsleep , in that it queues a thread on a sleep queue, but it does not actually put the thread to sleep. This allows coupling tsleep with higher-level synchronization primitives. The pattern is: .Bd -literal (acquire high level synchronization primitive) (test condition of interest) tsleep_interlock(ident, flags) (release high level synchronization primitive) tsleep(..., PINTERLOCK) .Ed .Pp For example, to implement .Fn ssleep : .Bd -literal spin_lock(&important_lock); if (important_condition == 0) { tsleep_interlock(ident, flags); spin_unlock(&important_lock); tsleep(..., PINTERLOCK); } .Ed .Pp The .Fn ssleep function works like .Fn tsleep while at the same time releasing the exclusive spinlock .Fa spin before sleeping and reacquiring it before .Fn ssleep returns. This is an atomic operation, which guarantees that a .Fn wakeup interlocked by .Fa spin will not be missed. .Pp The .Fn lksleep function works like .Fn tsleep while at the same time releasing the exclusive lockmgr lock .Fa lock before sleeping and reacquiring it before .Fn lksleep returns. This is an atomic operation, which guarantees that a .Fn wakeup interlocked by .Fa lock will not be missed. .Pp The .Fn mtxsleep function works like .Fn tsleep while at the same time atomically releasing the mutex .Fa mtx before sleeping and reacquiring it in exclusive state before .Fn mtxsleep returns. .Pp The .Fn zsleep function works like .Fn tsleep while at the same time releasing the serializer .Fa slz before sleeping and reacquiring it before .Fn zsleep returns. This is an atomic operation, which guarantees that a .Fn wakeup interlocked by .Fa slz will not be missed. .Pp The .Fn wakeup_one function is used to make the first process/thread in the queue that is sleeping on the parameter .Fa ident runnable. This can prevent the system from becoming saturated when a large number of processes/threads are sleeping on the same address, but only one of them can actually do any useful work when made runnable. .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES Unlike .Fx , the .Fn tsleep function in .Dx ignores priority information because it is not required by the .Tn LWKT subsystem. Sleeps without the .Dv LWP_SINTR flag set are assumed to be disk-waits, otherwise they are normal sleeps. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn tsleep function returns .Li 0 if awakened, otherwise an appropriate error code is returned. .Sh FILES The various sleep functions are in .Pa /sys/kern/kern_synch.c . .Sh ERRORS .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EWOULDBLOCK The timeout expired. .It Bq Er ERESTART A signal needs to be delivered and the system call should be restarted if possible. This only happens if .Dv PCATCH was set in .Fa flags . .It Bq Er EINTR The system call needs to be interrupted by the signal. This only happens if .Dv PCATCH was set in .Fa flags . .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ps 1 , .Xr kmalloc 9 , .Xr serializer 9 .Sh HISTORY The sleep/wakeup process synchronization mechanism is very old. It appeared in a very early version of Unix. .Pp .Fn tsleep appeared in .Bx 4.4 . .Pp .Fn ssleep appeared in .Dx 1.6 , .Fn zsleep in .Dx 2.0 , and .Fn lksleep and .Fn mtxsleep in .Dx 2.3 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit This manual page was written by .An J\(:org Wunsch and modified for .Dx by .An Hiten Pandya Aq hmp@dragonflybsd.org