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1 // Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 // This file contains routines to kill processes and get the exit code and
6 // termination status.
8 #ifndef BASE_PROCESS_KILL_H_
9 #define BASE_PROCESS_KILL_H_
11 #include "base/files/file_path.h"
12 #include "base/process/process.h"
13 #include "base/process/process_handle.h"
14 #include "base/time/time.h"
16 namespace base {
18 class ProcessFilter;
20 // Return status values from GetTerminationStatus. Don't use these as
21 // exit code arguments to KillProcess*(), use platform/application
22 // specific values instead.
23 enum TerminationStatus {
24 TERMINATION_STATUS_NORMAL_TERMINATION, // zero exit status
25 TERMINATION_STATUS_ABNORMAL_TERMINATION, // non-zero exit status
26 TERMINATION_STATUS_PROCESS_WAS_KILLED, // e.g. SIGKILL or task manager kill
27 TERMINATION_STATUS_PROCESS_CRASHED, // e.g. Segmentation fault
28 TERMINATION_STATUS_STILL_RUNNING, // child hasn't exited yet
29 #if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
30 // Used for the case when oom-killer kills a process on ChromeOS.
31 TERMINATION_STATUS_PROCESS_WAS_KILLED_BY_OOM,
32 #endif
33 #if defined(OS_ANDROID)
34 // On Android processes are spawned from the system Zygote and we do not get
35 // the termination status. We can't know if the termination was a crash or an
36 // oom kill for sure, but we can use status of the strong process bindings as
37 // a hint.
38 TERMINATION_STATUS_OOM_PROTECTED, // child was protected from oom kill
39 #endif
40 TERMINATION_STATUS_MAX_ENUM
43 // Attempts to kill all the processes on the current machine that were launched
44 // from the given executable name, ending them with the given exit code. If
45 // filter is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are killed.
46 // Returns true if all processes were able to be killed off, false if at least
47 // one couldn't be killed.
48 BASE_EXPORT bool KillProcesses(const FilePath::StringType& executable_name,
49 int exit_code,
50 const ProcessFilter* filter);
52 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
53 // Attempts to kill the process group identified by |process_group_id|. Returns
54 // true on success.
55 BASE_EXPORT bool KillProcessGroup(ProcessHandle process_group_id);
56 #endif // defined(OS_POSIX)
58 // Get the termination status of the process by interpreting the
59 // circumstances of the child process' death. |exit_code| is set to
60 // the status returned by waitpid() on POSIX, and from
61 // GetExitCodeProcess() on Windows. |exit_code| may be NULL if the
62 // caller is not interested in it. Note that on Linux, this function
63 // will only return a useful result the first time it is called after
64 // the child exits (because it will reap the child and the information
65 // will no longer be available).
66 BASE_EXPORT TerminationStatus GetTerminationStatus(ProcessHandle handle,
67 int* exit_code);
69 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
70 // Send a kill signal to the process and then wait for the process to exit
71 // and get the termination status.
73 // This is used in situations where it is believed that the process is dead
74 // or dying (because communication with the child process has been cut).
75 // In order to avoid erroneously returning that the process is still running
76 // because the kernel is still cleaning it up, this will wait for the process
77 // to terminate. In order to avoid the risk of hanging while waiting for the
78 // process to terminate, send a SIGKILL to the process before waiting for the
79 // termination status.
81 // Note that it is not an option to call WaitForExitCode and then
82 // GetTerminationStatus as the child will be reaped when WaitForExitCode
83 // returns, and this information will be lost.
85 BASE_EXPORT TerminationStatus GetKnownDeadTerminationStatus(
86 ProcessHandle handle, int* exit_code);
87 #endif // defined(OS_POSIX)
89 // Wait for all the processes based on the named executable to exit. If filter
90 // is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are waited on.
91 // Returns after all processes have exited or wait_milliseconds have expired.
92 // Returns true if all the processes exited, false otherwise.
93 BASE_EXPORT bool WaitForProcessesToExit(
94 const FilePath::StringType& executable_name,
95 base::TimeDelta wait,
96 const ProcessFilter* filter);
98 // Waits a certain amount of time (can be 0) for all the processes with a given
99 // executable name to exit, then kills off any of them that are still around.
100 // If filter is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are waited
101 // on. Killed processes are ended with the given exit code. Returns false if
102 // any processes needed to be killed, true if they all exited cleanly within
103 // the wait_milliseconds delay.
104 BASE_EXPORT bool CleanupProcesses(const FilePath::StringType& executable_name,
105 base::TimeDelta wait,
106 int exit_code,
107 const ProcessFilter* filter);
109 // This method ensures that the specified process eventually terminates, and
110 // then it closes the given process handle.
112 // It assumes that the process has already been signalled to exit, and it
113 // begins by waiting a small amount of time for it to exit. If the process
114 // does not appear to have exited, then this function starts to become
115 // aggressive about ensuring that the process terminates.
117 // On Linux this method does not block the calling thread.
118 // On OS X this method may block for up to 2 seconds.
120 // NOTE: The process must have been opened with the PROCESS_TERMINATE and
121 // SYNCHRONIZE permissions.
123 BASE_EXPORT void EnsureProcessTerminated(Process process);
125 #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_MACOSX)
126 // The nicer version of EnsureProcessTerminated() that is patient and will
127 // wait for |pid| to finish and then reap it.
128 BASE_EXPORT void EnsureProcessGetsReaped(ProcessId pid);
129 #endif
131 } // namespace base
133 #endif // BASE_PROCESS_KILL_H_