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184 lines
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Groff
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.\" Copyright (c) 2009-2010, 2012 Robert N. M. Watson
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" This software was developed at the University of Cambridge Computer
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.\" Laboratory with support from a grant from Google, Inc.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd February 25, 2012
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.Dt PDFORK 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pdfork ,
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.Nm pdgetpid ,
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.Nm pdkill ,
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.Nm pdwait4
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.Nd System calls to manage process descriptors
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/procdesc.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn pdfork "int *fdp" "int flags"
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.Ft int
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.Fn pdgetpid "int fd" "pid_t *pidp"
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.Ft int
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.Fn pdkill "int fd" "int signum"
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.Ft int
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.Fn pdwait4 "int fd" "int *status" "int options" "struct rusage *rusage"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Process descriptors are special file descriptors that represent processes,
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and are created using
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.Fn pdfork ,
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a variant of
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.Xr fork 2 ,
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which, if successful, returns a process descriptor in the integer pointed to
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by
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.Fa fdp .
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Processes created via
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.Fn pdfork
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will not cause
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.Dv SIGCHLD
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on termination.
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.Fn pdfork
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can accept the flags:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Dv PD_DAEMON"
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.It Dv PD_DAEMON
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Instead of the default terminate-on-close behaviour, allow the process to
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live until it is explicitly killed with
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.Xr kill 2 .
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.Pp
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This option is not permitted in Capsicum capability mode (see
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.Xr cap_enter 2 ) .
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.El
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.Pp
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.Fn pdgetpid
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queries the process ID (PID) in the process descriptor
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.Fa fd .
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.Pp
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.Fn pdkill
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is functionally identical to
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.Xr kill 2 ,
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except that it accepts a process descriptor,
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.Fa fd ,
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rather than a PID.
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.Pp
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.Fn pdwait4
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behaves identically to
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.Xr wait4 2 ,
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but operates with respect to a process descriptor argument rather than a PID.
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.Pp
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The following system calls also have effects specific to process descriptors:
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.Pp
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.Xr fstat 2
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queries status of a process descriptor; currently only the
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.Fa st_mode ,
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.Fa st_birthtime ,
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.Fa st_atime ,
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.Fa st_ctime
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and
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.Fa st_mtime
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fields are defined.
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If the owner read, write, and execute bits are set then the
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process represented by the process descriptor is still alive.
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.Pp
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.Xr poll 2
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and
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.Xr select 2
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allow waiting for process state transitions; currently only
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.Dv POLLHUP
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is defined, and will be raised when the process dies.
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.Pp
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.Xr close 2
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will close the process descriptor unless
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.Dv PD_DAEMON
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is set; if the process is still alive and this is
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the last reference to the process descriptor, the process will be terminated
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with the signal
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.Dv SIGKILL .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Fn pdfork
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returns a PID, 0 or -1, as
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.Xr fork 2
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does.
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.Pp
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.Fn pdgetpid
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and
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.Fn pdkill
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return 0 on success and -1 on failure.
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.Pp
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.Fn pdwait4
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returns a PID on success and -1 on failure.
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.Sh ERRORS
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These functions may return the same error numbers as their PID-based equivalents
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(e.g.
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.Fn pdfork
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may return the same error numbers as
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.Xr fork 2 ) ,
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with the following additions:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The signal number given to
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.Fn pdkill
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is invalid.
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.It Bq Er ENOTCAPABLE
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The process descriptor being operated on has insufficient rights (e.g.
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.Dv CAP_PDKILL
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for
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.Fn pdkill ) .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr close 2 ,
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.Xr fork 2 ,
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.Xr fstat 2 ,
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.Xr kill 2 ,
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.Xr poll 2 ,
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.Xr wait4 2
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn pdfork ,
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.Fn pdgetpid ,
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.Fn pdkill
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and
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.Fn pdwait4
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system calls first appeared in
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.Fx 9.0 .
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.Pp
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Support for process descriptors mode was developed as part of the
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.Tn TrustedBSD
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Project.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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These functions and the capability facility were created by
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.An "Robert N. M. Watson" Aq rwatson@FreeBSD.org
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and
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.An "Jonathan Anderson" Aq jonathan@FreeBSD.org
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at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory with support from a grant
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from Google, Inc.
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.Sh BUGS
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.Fn pdwait4
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has not yet been implemented.
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