DCE for the HP e3000 (B3821-90002)

Programming with Kernel Threads
Process Management Commands
Chapter 5
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• From the STATE(5) or STATE(7) display, the execution state of the process is indicated.
STATE can be one of the following:
WAIT: Generic process block, usually waiting for a message.
BLKCB: Blocked for control block.
BLKMM: Blocked for memory manager.
READY: Ready to execute or executing.
Using the SUMMARY format, the STATE field is blank on the summary line of a
threaded task.
ALTPROC • Using the ;PIN= parameter, pin.thread_id can be specified to denote a specific thread of
the task.
• Specify pin.thread_id to alter the attributes of a single thread.
• Using the pinspec parameter displays the processes whose attributes are to be
altered. Any user can show processes matching their own user and account names;
they belong to the user. A user with SM or OP capabilities can alter any process (and
its threads if any) on the system through its pin (or pin.thread_id). The System
Manager can see system processes by specifying the SYSTEM option.
If pinspec is 0, then the caller’s pin is used.
To reference a specific thread of a task, pinspec must be of the form pin.thread_id.
Specifying pin.0 results in an error.
NOTREE is the default for pinspec=[#p]pin target processes and can be overridden with
the TREE option.