# When does vTaskSuspend, put a task in suspend?

**URL:** <https://forums.freertos.org/t/when-does-vtasksuspend-put-a-task-in-suspend/1384>\
**Category:** Kernel\
**Created:** [November 22, 2013, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/when-does-vtasksuspend-put-a-task-in-suspend/1384 "2013-11-22T09:30:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://d2v6vdsk2p900z.cloudfront.net/original/1X/7fc8fdb729c645aab5b20282bbe34e57cb407be6.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.freertos.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/when-does-vtasksuspend-put-a-task-in-suspend/1384/1 "2013-11-22T09:30:09Z")

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**[frankandersen](https://sourceforge.net/u/frankandersen/)** wrote on [Friday, November 22, 2013](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/3d7d0bdc/#3a2e):

Hi,

I am trying to reduce the power consumption, by usign the tickless mode, when the system goes to sleep, I want to Suspend a lot of tasks, but only if they are blocking.

Does vTaskSuspend put the task in suspend immediately?

Best regards,

Frank Andersen

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**Author:** ![rtel](https://d3iykfbgfh8zhg.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.freertos.org/rtel/32/31_2.png) [@rtel](https://forums.freertos.org/u/rtel)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/when-does-vtasksuspend-put-a-task-in-suspend/1384/2 "2013-11-22T09:54:02Z")

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**[rtel](https://sourceforge.net/u/rtel/)** wrote on [Friday, November 22, 2013](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/3d7d0bdc/#f55a):

> Does vTaskSuspend put the task in suspend immediately?

Yes.