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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.
4 
5 // This file contains routines to kill processes and get the exit code and
6 // termination status.
7 
8 #ifndef BASE_PROCESS_KILL_H_
9 #define BASE_PROCESS_KILL_H_
10 
11 #include "base/files/file_path.h"
12 #include "base/process/process_handle.h"
13 #include "base/time/time.h"
14 
15 namespace base {
16 
17 class ProcessFilter;
18 
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
32   // a hint.
33   TERMINATION_STATUS_OOM_PROTECTED,        // child was protected from oom kill
34 #endif
35   TERMINATION_STATUS_MAX_ENUM
36 };
37 
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,
44                                int exit_code,
45                                const ProcessFilter* filter);
46 
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);
52 
53 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
54 // Attempts to kill the process group identified by |process_group_id|. Returns
55 // true on success.
56 BASE_EXPORT bool KillProcessGroup(ProcessHandle process_group_id);
57 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
58 
59 #if defined(OS_WIN)
60 BASE_EXPORT bool KillProcessById(ProcessId process_id,
61                                  int exit_code,
62                                  bool wait);
63 #endif  // defined(OS_WIN)
64 
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,
74                                                    int* exit_code);
75 
76 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
77 // Send a kill signal to the process and then wait for the process to exit
78 // and get the termination status.
79 //
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.
87 //
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.
91 //
92 BASE_EXPORT TerminationStatus GetKnownDeadTerminationStatus(
93     ProcessHandle handle, int* exit_code);
94 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
95 
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);
101 
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
106 // |handle|).
107 // The caller is always responsible for closing the |handle|.
108 BASE_EXPORT bool WaitForExitCodeWithTimeout(ProcessHandle handle,
109                                             int* exit_code,
110                                             base::TimeDelta timeout);
111 
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);
120 
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);
126 
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,
135                                   int exit_code,
136                                   const ProcessFilter* filter);
137 
138 // This method ensures that the specified process eventually terminates, and
139 // then it closes the given process handle.
140 //
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.
145 //
146 // On Linux this method does not block the calling thread.
147 // On OS X this method may block for up to 2 seconds.
148 //
149 // NOTE: The process handle must have been opened with the PROCESS_TERMINATE
150 // and SYNCHRONIZE permissions.
151 //
152 BASE_EXPORT void EnsureProcessTerminated(ProcessHandle process_handle);
153 
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);
158 #endif
159 
160 }  // namespace base
161 
162 #endif  // BASE_PROCESS_KILL_H_
163