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25.Dd May 3, 2014
26.Dt PGET 9
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm pget
30.Nd locate a process by number
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32.In sys/param.h
33.In sys/proc.h
34.Ft int
35.Fn pget "pid_t pid" "int flags" "struct proc **pp"
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37This function
38takes a
39.Fa pid
40as its argument,
41which can be either a process or thread id,
42and fills a pointer to the
43.Vt proc
44structure in
45.Fa *pp .
46In the latter case, a process owning the specified thread is looked for.
47The operation is performed by invoking the
48.Xr pfind 9
49function.
50The found process is returned locked.
51For the
52.Dv PGET_HOLD
53case, it is returned unlocked (but held).
54The
55.Fn pget
56function can
57perform additional manipulations, depending on a
58.Fa flags
59argument.
60.Pp
61The
62.Fa flags
63argument is the logical OR of some subset of:
64.Bl -tag -width ".Dv PGET_NOTINEXEC"
65.It Dv PGET_HOLD
66If set, the found process will be held and unlocked.
67.It Dv PGET_CANSEE
68If set, the found process will be checked for its visibility.
69See
70.Xr p_cansee 9 .
71.It Dv PGET_CANDEBUG
72If set, the found process will be checked for its debuggability.
73See
74.Xr p_candebug 9 .
75.It Dv PGET_ISCURRENT
76If set, the found process will be checked that it matches the current
77process context.
78.It Dv PGET_NOTWEXIT
79If set, the found process will be checked that it does not have the process
80flag
81.Dv P_WEXIT
82set.
83.It Dv PGET_NOTINEXEC
84If set, the found process will be checked that it does not have the process
85flag
86.Dv P_INEXEC
87set.
88.It Dv PGET_NOTID
89If set,
90.Fa pid
91is not assumed as a thread id for values larger than
92.Dv PID_MAX .
93.It Dv PGET_WANTREAD
94If set, the found process will be checked that the caller may get
95a read access to its structure.
96A shorthand for
97.Pq Dv PGET_HOLD | PGET_CANDEBUG | PGET_NOTWEXIT .
98.El
99.Sh RETURN VALUES
100If the process is found in the specified way, then zero is returned,
101otherwise an appropriate error code is returned.
102.Sh SEE ALSO
103.Xr p_candebug 9 ,
104.Xr p_cansee 9 ,
105.Xr pfind 9
106