1*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<h2>thread_get_state</h2> 2*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<hr> 3*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<p> 4*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<strong>Function</strong> - Return the execution state for a thread. 5*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3> 6*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<pre> 7*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<strong>kern_return_t thread_get_state</strong> 8*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions <strong>(thread_act_t</strong> <var>target_thread</var>, 9*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions <strong>thread_state_flavor_t</strong> <var>flavor</var>, 10*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions <strong>thread_state_t</strong> <var>old_state</var>, 11*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions <strong>mach_msg_type_number_t</strong> <var>old_state_count</var><strong>);</strong> 12*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions</pre> 13*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<h3>PARAMETERS</h3> 14*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<dl> 15*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<p> 16*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>target_thread</var> 17*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<dd> 18*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions[in thread send right] 19*c54f35caSApple OSS DistributionsThe thread for which the execution state is to be 20*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributionsreturned. The calling thread cannot specify itself. 21*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<p> 22*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>flavor</var> 23*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<dd> 24*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions[in scalar] 25*c54f35caSApple OSS DistributionsThe type of execution state to be returned. Valid values 26*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributionscorrespond to supported machined architectures. 27*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<p> 28*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>old_state</var> 29*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<dd> 30*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions[out structure] 31*c54f35caSApple OSS DistributionsState information for the specified thread. 32*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<p> 33*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>old_state_count</var> 34*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<dd> 35*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions[in/out scalar] 36*c54f35caSApple OSS DistributionsOn input, the maximum size of the buffer; on output, the 37*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributionssize returned (in natural-sized units). 38*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions</dl> 39*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3> 40*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<p> 41*c54f35caSApple OSS DistributionsThe <strong>thread_get_state</strong> function returns the execution 42*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributionsstate (for example, the 43*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributionsmachine registers) for <var>target_thread</var>. flavor specifies the type 44*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributionsof state information 45*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributionsreturned. 46*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<p> 47*c54f35caSApple OSS DistributionsThe format of the data returned is machine specific; it is defined in 48*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions\*L<mach/thread_status.h>\*O. 49*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<h3>RETURN VALUES</h3> 50*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<p> 51*c54f35caSApple OSS DistributionsOnly generic errors apply. 52*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3> 53*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<p> 54*c54f35caSApple OSS DistributionsFunctions: 55*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<a href="task_info.html"><strong>task_info</strong></a>, 56*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<a href="thread_info.html"><strong>thread_info</strong></a>, 57*c54f35caSApple OSS Distributions<a href="thread_set_state.html"><strong>thread_set_state</strong></a>. 58