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
8 #ifndef BASE_PROCESS_KILL_H_
9 #define BASE_PROCESS_KILL_H_
11 #include "base/files/file_path.h"
12 #include "base/process/process_handle.h"
13 #include "base/time/time.h"
19 // Return status values from GetTerminationStatus. Don't use these as
20 // exit code arguments to KillProcess*(), use platform/application
21 // specific values instead.
22 enum TerminationStatus
{
23 TERMINATION_STATUS_NORMAL_TERMINATION
, // zero exit status
24 TERMINATION_STATUS_ABNORMAL_TERMINATION
, // non-zero exit status
25 TERMINATION_STATUS_PROCESS_WAS_KILLED
, // e.g. SIGKILL or task manager kill
26 TERMINATION_STATUS_PROCESS_CRASHED
, // e.g. Segmentation fault
27 TERMINATION_STATUS_STILL_RUNNING
, // child hasn't exited yet
28 #if defined(OS_ANDROID)
29 // On Android processes are spawned from the system Zygote and we do not get
30 // the termination status. We can't know if the termination was a crash or an
31 // oom kill for sure, but we can use status of the strong process bindings as
33 TERMINATION_STATUS_OOM_PROTECTED
, // child was protected from oom kill
35 TERMINATION_STATUS_MAX_ENUM
38 // Attempts to kill all the processes on the current machine that were launched
39 // from the given executable name, ending them with the given exit code. If
40 // filter is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are killed.
41 // Returns true if all processes were able to be killed off, false if at least
42 // one couldn't be killed.
43 BASE_EXPORT
bool KillProcesses(const FilePath::StringType
& executable_name
,
45 const ProcessFilter
* filter
);
47 // Attempts to kill the process identified by the given process
48 // entry structure, giving it the specified exit code. If |wait| is true, wait
49 // for the process to be actually terminated before returning.
50 // Returns true if this is successful, false otherwise.
51 BASE_EXPORT
bool KillProcess(ProcessHandle process
, int exit_code
, bool wait
);
54 // Attempts to kill the process group identified by |process_group_id|. Returns
56 BASE_EXPORT
bool KillProcessGroup(ProcessHandle process_group_id
);
57 #endif // defined(OS_POSIX)
60 BASE_EXPORT
bool KillProcessById(ProcessId process_id
,
63 #endif // defined(OS_WIN)
65 // Get the termination status of the process by interpreting the
66 // circumstances of the child process' death. |exit_code| is set to
67 // the status returned by waitpid() on POSIX, and from
68 // GetExitCodeProcess() on Windows. |exit_code| may be NULL if the
69 // caller is not interested in it. Note that on Linux, this function
70 // will only return a useful result the first time it is called after
71 // the child exits (because it will reap the child and the information
72 // will no longer be available).
73 BASE_EXPORT TerminationStatus
GetTerminationStatus(ProcessHandle handle
,
77 // Send a kill signal to the process and then wait for the process to exit
78 // and get the termination status.
80 // This is used in situations where it is believed that the process is dead
81 // or dying (because communication with the child process has been cut).
82 // In order to avoid erroneously returning that the process is still running
83 // because the kernel is still cleaning it up, this will wait for the process
84 // to terminate. In order to avoid the risk of hanging while waiting for the
85 // process to terminate, send a SIGKILL to the process before waiting for the
86 // termination status.
88 // Note that it is not an option to call WaitForExitCode and then
89 // GetTerminationStatus as the child will be reaped when WaitForExitCode
90 // returns, and this information will be lost.
92 BASE_EXPORT TerminationStatus
GetKnownDeadTerminationStatus(
93 ProcessHandle handle
, int* exit_code
);
94 #endif // defined(OS_POSIX)
96 // Waits for process to exit. On POSIX systems, if the process hasn't been
97 // signaled then puts the exit code in |exit_code|; otherwise it's considered
98 // a failure. On Windows |exit_code| is always filled. Returns true on success,
99 // and closes |handle| in any case.
100 BASE_EXPORT
bool WaitForExitCode(ProcessHandle handle
, int* exit_code
);
102 // Waits for process to exit. If it did exit within |timeout_milliseconds|,
103 // then puts the exit code in |exit_code|, and returns true.
104 // In POSIX systems, if the process has been signaled then |exit_code| is set
105 // to -1. Returns false on failure (the caller is then responsible for closing
107 // The caller is always responsible for closing the |handle|.
108 BASE_EXPORT
bool WaitForExitCodeWithTimeout(ProcessHandle handle
,
110 base::TimeDelta timeout
);
112 // Wait for all the processes based on the named executable to exit. If filter
113 // is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are waited on.
114 // Returns after all processes have exited or wait_milliseconds have expired.
115 // Returns true if all the processes exited, false otherwise.
116 BASE_EXPORT
bool WaitForProcessesToExit(
117 const FilePath::StringType
& executable_name
,
118 base::TimeDelta wait
,
119 const ProcessFilter
* filter
);
121 // Wait for a single process to exit. Return true if it exited cleanly within
122 // the given time limit. On Linux |handle| must be a child process, however
123 // on Mac and Windows it can be any process.
124 BASE_EXPORT
bool WaitForSingleProcess(ProcessHandle handle
,
125 base::TimeDelta wait
);
127 // Waits a certain amount of time (can be 0) for all the processes with a given
128 // executable name to exit, then kills off any of them that are still around.
129 // If filter is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are waited
130 // on. Killed processes are ended with the given exit code. Returns false if
131 // any processes needed to be killed, true if they all exited cleanly within
132 // the wait_milliseconds delay.
133 BASE_EXPORT
bool CleanupProcesses(const FilePath::StringType
& executable_name
,
134 base::TimeDelta wait
,
136 const ProcessFilter
* filter
);
138 // This method ensures that the specified process eventually terminates, and
139 // then it closes the given process handle.
141 // It assumes that the process has already been signalled to exit, and it
142 // begins by waiting a small amount of time for it to exit. If the process
143 // does not appear to have exited, then this function starts to become
144 // aggressive about ensuring that the process terminates.
146 // On Linux this method does not block the calling thread.
147 // On OS X this method may block for up to 2 seconds.
149 // NOTE: The process handle must have been opened with the PROCESS_TERMINATE
150 // and SYNCHRONIZE permissions.
152 BASE_EXPORT
void EnsureProcessTerminated(ProcessHandle process_handle
);
154 #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_MACOSX)
155 // The nicer version of EnsureProcessTerminated() that is patient and will
156 // wait for |process_handle| to finish and then reap it.
157 BASE_EXPORT
void EnsureProcessGetsReaped(ProcessHandle process_handle
);
162 #endif // BASE_PROCESS_KILL_H_