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28.Dd September 22, 2020
29.Dt DEVCTL_PROCESS_RUNNING 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm devctl_process_running
33.Nd Returns true when devctl has a consumer process running
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/devctl.h
36.Ft bool
37.Fn devctl_process_running "void"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41call returns
42.Vt true
43when a process has the devctl device open for
44reading, and
45.Vt false
46otherwise.
47One can assume from this that the default
48.Xr devd 8
49or similar is running when
50.Vt true
51is returned.
52Some subsystems will send a message and allow userland to do something
53before proceeding with a default action if there's a timeout.
54This call allows those subsystems to do the default action right away
55when no process is running.
56.Sh SEE ALSO
57.Xr devd 8
58.Sh AUTHORS
59This manual page was written by
60.An M. Warner Losh
61