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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