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- _ssss_llll_eeee_eeee_pppp - suspend process execution pending occurrence of an event
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- _####_iiii_nnnn_cccc_llll_uuuu_dddd_eeee _<<<<_ssss_yyyy_ssss_////_tttt_yyyy_pppp_eeee_ssss_...._hhhh_>>>>
- _####_iiii_nnnn_cccc_llll_uuuu_dddd_eeee _<<<<_ssss_yyyy_ssss_////_pppp_aaaa_rrrr_aaaa_mmmm_...._hhhh_>>>>
- _####_iiii_nnnn_cccc_llll_uuuu_dddd_eeee _<<<<_ssss_yyyy_ssss_////_dddd_dddd_iiii_...._hhhh_>>>>
- _iiii_nnnn_tttt _ssss_llll_eeee_eeee_pppp_((((_cccc_aaaa_dddd_dddd_rrrr______tttt _e_v_e_n_t_,,,, _iiii_nnnn_tttt _f_l_a_g_s_))))_;;;;
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- AAAArrrrgggguuuummmmeeeennnnttttssss
- _e_v_e_n_t
- Kernel address signifying an event for which the caller wishes to
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- _f_l_a_g_s
- Tells whether the sleep is interruptible or not.
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- DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
- _ssss_llll_eeee_eeee_pppp suspends execution of a process to await certain events such as
- reaching a known system state in hardware or software. For instance,
- when a process wants to read a device and no data are available, the
- driver may need to call _ssss_llll_eeee_eeee_pppp to wait for data to become available before
- returning. This causes the kernel to suspend execution of the process
- that called _ssss_llll_eeee_eeee_pppp and schedule another process. The process that called
- _ssss_llll_eeee_eeee_pppp can be resumed by a call to the _wwww_aaaa_kkkk_eeee_uuuu_pppp function with the same _e_v_e_n_t
- specified as that used to call _ssss_llll_eeee_eeee_pppp.
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- RRRReeeettttuuuurrrrnnnn VVVVaaaalllluuuueeeessss
- _ssss_llll_eeee_eeee_pppp returns _0000 if the caller woke up because of a call to _wwww_aaaa_kkkk_eeee_uuuu_pppp. If
- the sleep is interrupted by a signal the _ssss_llll_eeee_eeee_pppp call returns a value of _1111.
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- eeeevvvveeeennnntttt AAAArrrrgggguuuummmmeeeennnntttt
- The address has no significance except that the same address must be
- passed to _wwww_aaaa_kkkk_eeee_uuuu_pppp(D3) to resume the sleeping process. The address used
- should be the address of a kernel data structure associated with the
- driver, or one of the driver's own data structures. Use of arbitrary
- addresses not associated with a private data structure can result in
- conflict with other, unrelated _ssss_llll_eeee_eeee_pppp and _wwww_aaaa_kkkk_eeee_uuuu_pppp operations in the kernel.
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- ffffllllaaaaggggssss AAAArrrrgggguuuummmmeeeennnntttt
- The value of the _f_l_a_g_s argument determines whether the sleep may be
- interrupted by signals. If the value of _f_l_a_g_s is less than or equal to
- the value of the constant _PPPP_ZZZZ_EEEE_RRRR_OOOO (defined in _ssss_yyyy_ssss_////_pppp_aaaa_rrrr_aaaa_mmmm_...._hhhh), the sleeping
- process will not be awakened by a signal. If the value of _f_l_a_g_s is
- greater than _PPPP_ZZZZ_EEEE_RRRR_OOOO the process will wake up prematurely (without a call
- to _wwww_aaaa_kkkk_eeee_uuuu_pppp) upon receipt of a non-ignored, non-held signal and will
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- GGGGeeeennnneeeerrrraaaallll CCCCoooonnnnssssiiiiddddeeeerrrraaaattttiiiioooonnnnssss
- If a process were to sleep while it is manipulating global data inside a
- critical section of driver code, it would be possible for another process
- to execute base level driver code which manipulates the same data while
- the first process was sleeping, resulting in data corruption. A driver
- should not sleep inside such a critical section unless it takes explicit
- steps to prevent concurrent access to the data (for example, the driver
- could implement its own locking protocol to protect the data).
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- The value for _f_l_a_g_s should be selected based on whether or not a _wwww_aaaa_kkkk_eeee_uuuu_pppp
- is certain to occur as well as the importance of the driver and of any
- resources that the driver will hold after waking up. If the driver is
- holding or waiting for a critical kernel resource or is otherwise crucial
- to the performance of the system, and the corresponding call to _wwww_aaaa_kkkk_eeee_uuuu_pppp is
- guaranteed to happen, the driver should specify a _f_l_a_g_s argument less
- than or equal to _PPPP_ZZZZ_EEEE_RRRR_OOOO. If the driver is less performance critical or it
- is possible that the _wwww_aaaa_kkkk_eeee_uuuu_pppp may not occur, the driver should specify a
- _f_l_a_g_s argument greater than _PPPP_ZZZZ_EEEE_RRRR_OOOO.
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- _ssss_llll_eeee_eeee_pppp will normally return a _1111 in the event of a signal, indicating that
- the calling routine should perform any necessary cleanup and then return.
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- Base only.
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- SSSSyyyynnnncccchhhhrrrroooonnnniiiizzzzaaaattttiiiioooonnnn CCCCoooonnnnssssttttrrrraaaaiiiinnnnttttssss
- Can sleep.
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- _ssss_llll_eeee_eeee_pppp and _wwww_aaaa_kkkk_eeee_uuuu_pppp are not appropriate to use in most multiprocessing
- systems. They are only useful if it is known that the driver or system
- service will only ever execute on a particular processor.
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