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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