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27.Dd August 18, 2023
28.Dt P_CANSEE 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm p_cansee
32.Nd determine visibility of a process
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In sys/proc.h
35.Ft int
36.Fn p_cansee "struct thread *td" "struct proc *p"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38This function determines if a given process
39.Fa p
40is visible to the thread
41.Fa td ,
42where the notion of
43.Dq visibility
44may be read as
45.Dq "awareness of existence" .
46.Pp
47This function explicitly allows a thread to always see its own process,
48even with pending credentials changes
49.Po
50see
51.Xr ucred 9
52.Pc .
53Otherwise, it simply defers to
54.Xr cr_cansee 9 .
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56The
57.Fn p_cansee
58function
59returns
60.Li 0
61if the process denoted by
62.Fa p
63is visible by thread
64.Fa td ,
65or ESRCH otherwise.
66.Sh ERRORS
67.Bl -tag -width Er
68.It Bq Er ESRCH
69Thread
70.Fa td
71is not part of process
72.Fa p
73and cannot see it as determined by
74.Xr cr_cansee 9 .
75.El
76.Sh SEE ALSO
77.Xr ucred 9 ,
78.Xr cr_cansee 9 ,
79.Xr p_candebug 9
80