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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   TERMINATION_STATUS_MAX_ENUM
     29 };
     30 
     31 // Attempts to kill all the processes on the current machine that were launched
     32 // from the given executable name, ending them with the given exit code.  If
     33 // filter is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are killed.
     34 // Returns true if all processes were able to be killed off, false if at least
     35 // one couldn't be killed.
     36 BASE_EXPORT bool KillProcesses(const FilePath::StringType& executable_name,
     37                                int exit_code,
     38                                const ProcessFilter* filter);
     39 
     40 // Attempts to kill the process identified by the given process
     41 // entry structure, giving it the specified exit code. If |wait| is true, wait
     42 // for the process to be actually terminated before returning.
     43 // Returns true if this is successful, false otherwise.
     44 BASE_EXPORT bool KillProcess(ProcessHandle process, int exit_code, bool wait);
     45 
     46 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
     47 // Attempts to kill the process group identified by |process_group_id|. Returns
     48 // true on success.
     49 BASE_EXPORT bool KillProcessGroup(ProcessHandle process_group_id);
     50 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
     51 
     52 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     53 BASE_EXPORT bool KillProcessById(ProcessId process_id,
     54                                  int exit_code,
     55                                  bool wait);
     56 #endif  // defined(OS_WIN)
     57 
     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);
     68 
     69 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
     70 // Wait for the process to exit and get the termination status. See
     71 // GetTerminationStatus for more information. On POSIX systems, we can't call
     72 // WaitForExitCode and then GetTerminationStatus as the child will be reaped
     73 // when WaitForExitCode return and this information will be lost.
     74 BASE_EXPORT TerminationStatus WaitForTerminationStatus(ProcessHandle handle,
     75                                                        int* exit_code);
     76 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
     77 
     78 // Waits for process to exit. On POSIX systems, if the process hasn't been
     79 // signaled then puts the exit code in |exit_code|; otherwise it's considered
     80 // a failure. On Windows |exit_code| is always filled. Returns true on success,
     81 // and closes |handle| in any case.
     82 BASE_EXPORT bool WaitForExitCode(ProcessHandle handle, int* exit_code);
     83 
     84 // Waits for process to exit. If it did exit within |timeout_milliseconds|,
     85 // then puts the exit code in |exit_code|, and returns true.
     86 // In POSIX systems, if the process has been signaled then |exit_code| is set
     87 // to -1. Returns false on failure (the caller is then responsible for closing
     88 // |handle|).
     89 // The caller is always responsible for closing the |handle|.
     90 BASE_EXPORT bool WaitForExitCodeWithTimeout(ProcessHandle handle,
     91                                             int* exit_code,
     92                                             base::TimeDelta timeout);
     93 
     94 // Wait for all the processes based on the named executable to exit.  If filter
     95 // is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are waited on.
     96 // Returns after all processes have exited or wait_milliseconds have expired.
     97 // Returns true if all the processes exited, false otherwise.
     98 BASE_EXPORT bool WaitForProcessesToExit(
     99     const FilePath::StringType& executable_name,
    100     base::TimeDelta wait,
    101     const ProcessFilter* filter);
    102 
    103 // Wait for a single process to exit. Return true if it exited cleanly within
    104 // the given time limit. On Linux |handle| must be a child process, however
    105 // on Mac and Windows it can be any process.
    106 BASE_EXPORT bool WaitForSingleProcess(ProcessHandle handle,
    107                                       base::TimeDelta wait);
    108 
    109 // Waits a certain amount of time (can be 0) for all the processes with a given
    110 // executable name to exit, then kills off any of them that are still around.
    111 // If filter is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are waited
    112 // on.  Killed processes are ended with the given exit code.  Returns false if
    113 // any processes needed to be killed, true if they all exited cleanly within
    114 // the wait_milliseconds delay.
    115 BASE_EXPORT bool CleanupProcesses(const FilePath::StringType& executable_name,
    116                                   base::TimeDelta wait,
    117                                   int exit_code,
    118                                   const ProcessFilter* filter);
    119 
    120 // This method ensures that the specified process eventually terminates, and
    121 // then it closes the given process handle.
    122 //
    123 // It assumes that the process has already been signalled to exit, and it
    124 // begins by waiting a small amount of time for it to exit.  If the process
    125 // does not appear to have exited, then this function starts to become
    126 // aggressive about ensuring that the process terminates.
    127 //
    128 // On Linux this method does not block the calling thread.
    129 // On OS X this method may block for up to 2 seconds.
    130 //
    131 // NOTE: The process handle must have been opened with the PROCESS_TERMINATE
    132 // and SYNCHRONIZE permissions.
    133 //
    134 BASE_EXPORT void EnsureProcessTerminated(ProcessHandle process_handle);
    135 
    136 #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_MACOSX)
    137 // The nicer version of EnsureProcessTerminated() that is patient and will
    138 // wait for |process_handle| to finish and then reap it.
    139 BASE_EXPORT void EnsureProcessGetsReaped(ProcessHandle process_handle);
    140 #endif
    141 
    142 }  // namespace base
    143 
    144 #endif  // BASE_PROCESS_KILL_H_
    145