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<h2>task_info</h2>
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<p>
<strong>Function</strong> - Return per-task information according to specified flavor.
<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3>
<pre>
<strong>kern_return_t   task_info</strong>
                <strong>(task_t</strong>                                    <var>task</var>,
                 <strong>task_flavor_t</strong>                           <var>flavor</var>,
                 <strong>task_info_t</strong>                          <var>task_info</var>,
                 <strong>mach_msg_type_number_t</strong>         <var>task_info_count</var><strong>);</strong>
</pre>
<h3>PARAMETERS</h3>
<dl>
<p>
<dt> <var>task</var> 
<dd>
[in task send right]
The port for the task for which the information is to 
be returned.
<p>
<dt> <var>flavor</var> 
<dd>
[in scalar]
The type of information to be returned.  Valid values are:
<dl>
<p>
<dt> <strong>TASK_BASIC_INFO</strong>
<dd>
Returns basic information about the task, such as the task's 
suspend count and number of resident pages.  The structure
returned is <strong>task_basic_info</strong>.
<p>
<dt> <strong>TASK_THREAD_TIMES_INFO</strong>
<dd>
Returns system and user space run-times for live threads.  The 
structure returned is <strong>task_thread_times_info</strong>. 
<p>
<dt> <strong>TASK_SCHED_FIFO_INFO</strong>
<dd>
Returns default <strong>FIFO</strong> scheduling policy attributes to be
assigned to new threads.  The structure returned is <strong>policy_fifo_base</strong>.
<p>
<dt> <strong>TASK_SCHED_RR_INFO</strong>
<dd>
Returns default round-robin scheduling policy attributes to be 
assigned to new threads.  The structure returned is
<strong>policy_rr_base</strong>.
<p>
<dt> <strong>TASK_SCHED_TIMESHARE_INFO</strong>
<dd>
Returns default timeshare scheduling policy attributes to be
assigned to new threads.  The structure returned is
<strong>policy_timeshare_base</strong>.
<p>
<dt> <strong>TASK_SECURITY_TOKEN</strong>
<dd>
Returns the security token for the task.  The value returned is of 
type <var>security_token_t</var>.
<p>
<dt> <strong>TASK_AUDIT_TOKEN</strong>
<dd>
Returns the security token for the task.  The value returned is of 
type <var>audit_token_t</var>.
<p>
<dt> <strong>TASK_USER_DATA</strong>
<dd>
Returns user-specified information previously established via the
<strong>task_set_info</strong> interface.  The structure returned is
<strong>task_user_data</strong>.
</dl>
<p>
<dt> <var>task_info</var> 
<dd>
[out structure]
Information about the specified task.
<p>
<dt> <var>task_info_count</var> 
<dd>
[in/out scalar]
On input, the maximum size of the buffer; on output, the 
size returned (in natural-sized units).
</dl>
<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3>
<p>
The <strong>task_info</strong> function returns an information structure
of type <var>flavor</var>.
<h3>NOTES</h3>
<p>
At any given time, a task has one default scheduling policy assigned to it (as
returned by <strong>TASK_BASIC_INFO</strong>).  As such, only one of the scheduling flavors 
will return valid information.
<h3>RETURN VALUES</h3>
<dl>
<p>
<dt> <strong>KERN_INVALID_POLICY</strong>
<dd>
A request was made for the default scheduling policy attributes for the 
task but the requested policy is not the task's default policy.
</dl>
<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3>
<p>
Functions:
<a href="task_get_special_port.html"><strong>task_get_special_port</strong></a>,
<a href="task_set_special_port.html"><strong>task_set_special_port</strong></a>,
<a href="task_set_info.html"><strong>task_set_info</strong></a>,
<a href="task_threads.html"><strong>task_threads</strong></a>,
<a href="thread_info.html"><strong>thread_info</strong></a>,
<a href="thread_get_state.html"><strong>thread_get_state</strong></a>,
<a href="thread_set_state.html"><strong>thread_set_state</strong></a>.
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Data Structures:
<a href="task_basic_info.html"><strong>task_basic_info</strong></a>,
<a href="policy_timeshare_info.html"><strong>policy_timeshare_info</strong></a>,
<a href="policy_fifo_info.html"><strong>policy_fifo_info</strong></a>,
<a href="policy_rr_info.html"><strong>policy_rr_info</strong></a>,
<a href="task_thread_times_info.html"><strong>task_thread_times_info</strong></a>.