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current_thread(9r)
NAME
  current_thread - General: Is a pointer to the currently running kernel
  thread

SYNOPSIS
  void current_thread(
	  void );

ARGUMENTS
  None

DESCRIPTION
  The current_thread routine is a pointer to the currently running kernel
  thread. Typically, kernel modules use this routine to reference the
  wait_result member of the thread structure pointer associated with the
  currently running kernel thread. A module calls current_thread after calls
  to assert_wait_mesg and thread_block. If the module needs to set a timeout,
  then it calls current_thread after calls to assert_wait_mesg,
  thread_set_timeout, and thread_block.

  The kernel can set the wait_result member to one of the following values:

  THREAD_AWAKENED
      The result of the assert wait is a normal wakeup.

  THREAD_TIMED_OUT
      The specified timeout has expired.

  THREAD_INTERRUPTED
      The wait condition was interrupted by the clear_wait routine.

  THREAD_SHOULD_TERMINATE
      The result of the assert wait is that the current kernel thread should
      terminate.

  THREAD_RESTART
      The current kernel thread should be restarted.

RETURN VALUES
  None

SEE ALSO
  Routines: assert_wait_mesg(9r), clear_wait(9r), thread_block(9r),
  thread_set_timeout(9r)

  Data Structures: thread(9s)

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