task_set_info

Function - Set task-specific information state.

SYNOPSIS

#include<task_info.h>

kern_return_t   task_set_info
                (task_t                             target_task,
                 task_flavor_t                           flavor,
                 task_info_t                          task_info);

PARAMETERS

target_task

The task whose information is to be set.

flavor

Specifies the type of information to be set. Currently the interface supports the setting of a single flavor: TASK_USER_DATA.

task_info

Specifies the information to be set.

DESCRIPTION

The task_set_info interface provides the caller with the means to set the target task's user_data field. This field may be used to specify arbitrarily task-specific data.

NOTES

Currently, this interface is used exclusively to provide freshly colocated user tasks with the short-circuited RPC glue vector.

RETURN VALUES

Only generic values apply.

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