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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.h"
13 #include "base/process/process_handle.h"
14 #include "base/time/time.h"
15 #include "build/build_config.h"
16 
17 namespace base {
18 
19 class ProcessFilter;
20 
21 // Return status values from GetTerminationStatus.  Don't use these as
22 // exit code arguments to KillProcess*(), use platform/application
23 // specific values instead.
24 enum TerminationStatus {
25   TERMINATION_STATUS_NORMAL_TERMINATION,   // zero exit status
26   TERMINATION_STATUS_ABNORMAL_TERMINATION, // non-zero exit status
27   TERMINATION_STATUS_PROCESS_WAS_KILLED,   // e.g. SIGKILL or task manager kill
28   TERMINATION_STATUS_PROCESS_CRASHED,      // e.g. Segmentation fault
29   TERMINATION_STATUS_STILL_RUNNING,        // child hasn't exited yet
30 #if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
31   // Used for the case when oom-killer kills a process on ChromeOS.
32   TERMINATION_STATUS_PROCESS_WAS_KILLED_BY_OOM,
33 #endif
34 #if defined(OS_ANDROID)
35   // On Android processes are spawned from the system Zygote and we do not get
36   // the termination status.  We can't know if the termination was a crash or an
37   // oom kill for sure, but we can use status of the strong process bindings as
38   // a hint.
39   TERMINATION_STATUS_OOM_PROTECTED,        // child was protected from oom kill
40 #endif
41   TERMINATION_STATUS_LAUNCH_FAILED,        // child process never launched
42   TERMINATION_STATUS_MAX_ENUM
43 };
44 
45 // Attempts to kill all the processes on the current machine that were launched
46 // from the given executable name, ending them with the given exit code.  If
47 // filter is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are killed.
48 // Returns true if all processes were able to be killed off, false if at least
49 // one couldn't be killed.
50 BASE_EXPORT bool KillProcesses(const FilePath::StringType& executable_name,
51                                int exit_code,
52                                const ProcessFilter* filter);
53 
54 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
55 // Attempts to kill the process group identified by |process_group_id|. Returns
56 // true on success.
57 BASE_EXPORT bool KillProcessGroup(ProcessHandle process_group_id);
58 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
59 
60 // Get the termination status of the process by interpreting the
61 // circumstances of the child process' death. |exit_code| is set to
62 // the status returned by waitpid() on POSIX, and from
63 // GetExitCodeProcess() on Windows.  |exit_code| may be NULL if the
64 // caller is not interested in it.  Note that on Linux, this function
65 // will only return a useful result the first time it is called after
66 // the child exits (because it will reap the child and the information
67 // will no longer be available).
68 BASE_EXPORT TerminationStatus GetTerminationStatus(ProcessHandle handle,
69                                                    int* exit_code);
70 
71 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
72 // Send a kill signal to the process and then wait for the process to exit
73 // and get the termination status.
74 //
75 // This is used in situations where it is believed that the process is dead
76 // or dying (because communication with the child process has been cut).
77 // In order to avoid erroneously returning that the process is still running
78 // because the kernel is still cleaning it up, this will wait for the process
79 // to terminate. In order to avoid the risk of hanging while waiting for the
80 // process to terminate, send a SIGKILL to the process before waiting for the
81 // termination status.
82 //
83 // Note that it is not an option to call WaitForExitCode and then
84 // GetTerminationStatus as the child will be reaped when WaitForExitCode
85 // returns, and this information will be lost.
86 //
87 BASE_EXPORT TerminationStatus GetKnownDeadTerminationStatus(
88     ProcessHandle handle, int* exit_code);
89 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
90 
91 // Wait for all the processes based on the named executable to exit.  If filter
92 // is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are waited on.
93 // Returns after all processes have exited or wait_milliseconds have expired.
94 // Returns true if all the processes exited, false otherwise.
95 BASE_EXPORT bool WaitForProcessesToExit(
96     const FilePath::StringType& executable_name,
97     base::TimeDelta wait,
98     const ProcessFilter* filter);
99 
100 // Waits a certain amount of time (can be 0) for all the processes with a given
101 // executable name to exit, then kills off any of them that are still around.
102 // If filter is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are waited
103 // on.  Killed processes are ended with the given exit code.  Returns false if
104 // any processes needed to be killed, true if they all exited cleanly within
105 // the wait_milliseconds delay.
106 BASE_EXPORT bool CleanupProcesses(const FilePath::StringType& executable_name,
107                                   base::TimeDelta wait,
108                                   int exit_code,
109                                   const ProcessFilter* filter);
110 
111 // This method ensures that the specified process eventually terminates, and
112 // then it closes the given process handle.
113 //
114 // It assumes that the process has already been signalled to exit, and it
115 // begins by waiting a small amount of time for it to exit.  If the process
116 // does not appear to have exited, then this function starts to become
117 // aggressive about ensuring that the process terminates.
118 //
119 // On Linux this method does not block the calling thread.
120 // On OS X this method may block for up to 2 seconds.
121 //
122 // NOTE: The process must have been opened with the PROCESS_TERMINATE and
123 // SYNCHRONIZE permissions.
124 //
125 BASE_EXPORT void EnsureProcessTerminated(Process process);
126 
127 #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_MACOSX)
128 // The nicer version of EnsureProcessTerminated() that is patient and will
129 // wait for |pid| to finish and then reap it.
130 BASE_EXPORT void EnsureProcessGetsReaped(ProcessId pid);
131 #endif
132 
133 }  // namespace base
134 
135 #endif  // BASE_PROCESS_KILL_H_
136