Function - Suspend a thread.
kern_return_t thread_suspend
(thread_act_t target_thread);
The thread_suspend function increments the suspend count for target_thread and prevents the thread from executing any more user-level instructions.
In this context, a user-level instruction can be either a machine instruction executed in user mode or a system trap instruction, including a page fault. If a thread is currently executing within a system trap, the kernel code may continue to execute until it reaches the system return code or it may suspend within the kernel code. In either case, the system trap returns when the thread resumes.
To resume a suspended thread, use thread_resume. If the suspend count is greater than one, thread_resume must be repeated that number of times.
Unpredictable results may occur if a program suspends a thread and alters its user state so that its direction is changed upon resuming. Note that the thread_abort function allows a system call to be aborted only if it is progressing in a predictable way.
Only generic errors apply.
Functions: task_resume, task_suspend, thread_abort, thread_get_state, thread_info, thread_resume, thread_set_state, thread_terminate.