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(resource struct {
        process handle:PROCESS;
        name string;
        options uint32;
    }) -> (resource struct {
        status status;
        out handle:THREAD;
    });

    /// Start execution on a thread.
    /// Rights: handle must be of type ZX_OBJ_TYPE_THREAD and have ZX_RIGHT_MANAGE_THREAD.
    thread_start(resource struct {
        handle handle:THREAD;
        thread_entry vaddr;
        stack vaddr;
        arg1 uintptr;
        arg2 uintptr;
    }) -> (struct {
        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(resource struct {
        handle handle:THREAD;
        kind uint32;
    }) -> (struct {
        status status;
        buffer vector_void;
    });

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

    /// Yield the CPU of the current thread back to the scheduler.
    /// Yield may result in other threads with similar importance running ahead of the
    /// current thread, however, the exact behavior is unspecified.
    ///
    /// |options| must be zero.
    thread_legacy_yield(resource struct {
        options uint32;
    }) -> (struct {
        status status;
    });
};