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int GC_suspend_all()
{
    int n_live_threads = 0;
    int i;
    GC_thread p;
    int result;
    pthread_t my_thread = pthread_self();
    
    GC_stopping_thread = my_thread;    /* debugging only.      */
    GC_stopping_pid = getpid();                /* debugging only.      */
    for (i = 0; i < THREAD_TABLE_SZ; i++) {
      for (p = GC_threads[i]; p != 0; p = p -> next) {
        if (p -> id != my_thread) {
            if (p -> flags & FINISHED) continue;
            if (p -> stop_info.last_stop_count == GC_stop_count) continue;
	    if (p -> thread_blocked) /* Will wait */ continue;
            n_live_threads++;
	    #if DEBUG_THREADS
	      GC_printf1("Sending suspend signal to 0x%lx\n", p -> id);
	    #endif
        
        result = pthread_kill(p -> id, SIG_SUSPEND);
	    switch(result) {
                case ESRCH:
                    /* Not really there anymore.  Possible? */
                    n_live_threads--;
                    break;
                case 0:
                    break;
                default:
                    ABORT("pthread_kill failed");
            }
        }
      }
    }
    return n_live_threads;
}