1*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<h2>thread_get_state</h2> 2*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<hr> 3*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 4*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<strong>Function</strong> - Return the execution state for a thread. 5*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3> 6*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<pre> 7*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<strong>kern_return_t thread_get_state</strong> 8*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions <strong>(thread_act_t</strong> <var>target_thread</var>, 9*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions <strong>thread_state_flavor_t</strong> <var>flavor</var>, 10*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions <strong>thread_state_t</strong> <var>old_state</var>, 11*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions <strong>mach_msg_type_number_t</strong> <var>old_state_count</var><strong>);</strong> 12*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions</pre> 13*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<h3>PARAMETERS</h3> 14*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dl> 15*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 16*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>target_thread</var> 17*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dd> 18*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions[in thread send right] 19*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsThe thread for which the execution state is to be 20*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionsreturned. The calling thread cannot specify itself. 21*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 22*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>flavor</var> 23*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dd> 24*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions[in scalar] 25*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsThe type of execution state to be returned. Valid values 26*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionscorrespond to supported machined architectures. 27*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 28*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>old_state</var> 29*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dd> 30*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions[out structure] 31*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsState information for the specified thread. 32*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 33*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>old_state_count</var> 34*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dd> 35*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions[in/out scalar] 36*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsOn input, the maximum size of the buffer; on output, the 37*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionssize returned (in natural-sized units). 38*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions</dl> 39*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3> 40*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 41*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsThe <strong>thread_get_state</strong> function returns the execution 42*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionsstate (for example, the 43*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionsmachine registers) for <var>target_thread</var>. flavor specifies the type 44*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionsof state information 45*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionsreturned. 46*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 47*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsThe format of the data returned is machine specific; it is defined in 48*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions\*L<mach/thread_status.h>\*O. 49*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<h3>RETURN VALUES</h3> 50*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 51*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsOnly generic errors apply. 52*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3> 53*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 54*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsFunctions: 55*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<a href="task_info.html"><strong>task_info</strong></a>, 56*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<a href="thread_info.html"><strong>thread_info</strong></a>, 57*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<a href="thread_set_state.html"><strong>thread_set_state</strong></a>. 58