+int suspend_application()
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct stat buf;
+
+ if (!stat(app_state_file, &buf)) {
+ fail("App is already in a suspended state.");
+ ret = -1;
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Send SIGUSR1 to application instructing it to bypass tracepoint.
+ */
+ ret = kill(app_pid, SIGUSR1);
+ if (ret) {
+ fail("SIGUSR1 failed. errno %d", errno);
+ ret = -1;
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ wait_on_file(app_state_file, true);
+
+error:
+ return ret;
+
+}
+
+int resume_application()
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct stat buf;
+
+ ret = stat(app_state_file, &buf);
+ if (ret == -1 && errno == ENOENT) {
+ fail("State file does not exist");
+ goto error;
+ }
+ if (ret) {
+ perror("stat");
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ ret = kill(app_pid, SIGUSR1);
+ if (ret) {
+ fail("SIGUSR1 failed. errno %d", errno);
+ ret = -1;
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ wait_on_file(app_state_file, false);
+
+error:
+ return ret;
+
+}
+
+