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.Dd May 11, 2016 .Dt PSYNC 3PROC .Os .Sh NAME .Nm Psync , .Nm Lsync .Nd synchronize cached tracing flags and modifications .Sh SYNOPSIS .Lb libproc n libproc.h .Ft void .Fo Psync .Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P" .Fc .Ft void .Fo Lsync .Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L" .Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn Psync function synchronizes modifications to the process handle .Fa P back to the underlying active process. The .Fn Psync function ensures that any outstanding process holds, register modifications, signal injections, and modifications to the various fault and system call tracing flags are taken care of.

p Normally this function is not required as other library routines take care of synchronizing this state out to the process when it is required. If the underlying /proc file system routines are used outside of the library, calling this function may be required.

p The .Fn Psync function is only meaningful for active processes. It will do nothing on process handles that refer to core files, zombie processes, and ELF objects.

p The .Fn Lsync function is equivalent to the .Fn Psync function, except rather than operating on the entire process and its representative thread, it instead operates on the thread handle .Fa L . .Sh INTERFACE STABILITY .Sy Uncommitted .Sh MT-LEVEL See .Sy LOCKING in .Xr libproc 3LIB . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr libproc 3LIB , .Xr Pfault 3PROC , .Xr Pputareg 3PROC , .Xr Psetfault 3PROC , .Xr Psetsignal 3PROC , .Xr Psetsysentry 3PROC , .Xr Psetsysexit 3PROC , .Xr Psignal 3PROC , .Xr Psysentry 3PROC , .Xr Psysexit 3PROC , .Xr proc 4