1*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<h2>thread_get_state</h2> 2*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<hr> 3*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<p> 4*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<strong>Function</strong> - Return the execution state for a thread. 5*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3> 6*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<pre> 7*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<strong>kern_return_t thread_get_state</strong> 8*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions <strong>(thread_act_t</strong> <var>target_thread</var>, 9*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions <strong>thread_state_flavor_t</strong> <var>flavor</var>, 10*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions <strong>thread_state_t</strong> <var>old_state</var>, 11*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions <strong>mach_msg_type_number_t</strong> <var>old_state_count</var><strong>);</strong> 12*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions</pre> 13*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<h3>PARAMETERS</h3> 14*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<dl> 15*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<p> 16*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>target_thread</var> 17*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<dd> 18*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions[in thread send right] 19*0f4c859eSApple OSS DistributionsThe thread for which the execution state is to be 20*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributionsreturned. The calling thread cannot specify itself. 21*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<p> 22*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>flavor</var> 23*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<dd> 24*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions[in scalar] 25*0f4c859eSApple OSS DistributionsThe type of execution state to be returned. Valid values 26*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributionscorrespond to supported machined architectures. 27*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<p> 28*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>old_state</var> 29*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<dd> 30*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions[out structure] 31*0f4c859eSApple OSS DistributionsState information for the specified thread. 32*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<p> 33*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>old_state_count</var> 34*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<dd> 35*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions[in/out scalar] 36*0f4c859eSApple OSS DistributionsOn input, the maximum size of the buffer; on output, the 37*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributionssize returned (in natural-sized units). 38*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions</dl> 39*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3> 40*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<p> 41*0f4c859eSApple OSS DistributionsThe <strong>thread_get_state</strong> function returns the execution 42*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributionsstate (for example, the 43*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributionsmachine registers) for <var>target_thread</var>. flavor specifies the type 44*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributionsof state information 45*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributionsreturned. 46*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<p> 47*0f4c859eSApple OSS DistributionsThe format of the data returned is machine specific; it is defined in 48*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions\*L<mach/thread_status.h>\*O. 49*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<h3>RETURN VALUES</h3> 50*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<p> 51*0f4c859eSApple OSS DistributionsOnly generic errors apply. 52*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3> 53*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<p> 54*0f4c859eSApple OSS DistributionsFunctions: 55*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<a href="task_info.html"><strong>task_info</strong></a>, 56*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<a href="thread_info.html"><strong>thread_info</strong></a>, 57*0f4c859eSApple OSS Distributions<a href="thread_set_state.html"><strong>thread_set_state</strong></a>. 58