zircon/vdso/thread.fidl

// Copyright 2019 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

library zx;

[Transport = "Syscall"]
protocol thread {
    /// Terminate the current running thread.
    [noreturn]
    thread_exit();

    /// Create a thread.
    /// Rights: process must be of type ZX_OBJ_TYPE_PROCESS and have ZX_RIGHT_MANAGE_THREAD.
    thread_create(handle:PROCESS process, string name, uint32 options)
        -> (status status, handle:THREAD out);

    /// Start execution on a thread.
    /// Rights: handle must be of type ZX_OBJ_TYPE_THREAD and have ZX_RIGHT_MANAGE_THREAD.
    thread_start(handle:THREAD handle, vaddr thread_entry, vaddr stack, uintptr arg1, uintptr arg2)
        -> (status status);

    /// Read one aspect of thread state.
    /// Rights: handle must be of type ZX_OBJ_TYPE_THREAD and have ZX_RIGHT_READ.
    thread_read_state(handle:THREAD handle, uint32 kind) -> (status status, vector_void buffer);

    /// Write one aspect of thread state.
    /// Rights: handle must be of type ZX_OBJ_TYPE_THREAD and have ZX_RIGHT_WRITE.
    thread_write_state(handle:THREAD handle, uint32 kind, vector_void buffer) -> (status status);
};