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27.Dd May 3, 2014
28.Dt PGET 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pget
32.Nd locate a process by number
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In sys/param.h
35.In sys/proc.h
36.Ft int
37.Fn pget "pid_t pid" "int flags" "struct proc **pp"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39This function
40takes a
41.Fa pid
42as its argument,
43which can be either a process or thread id,
44and fills a pointer to the
45.Vt proc
46structure in
47.Fa *pp .
48In the latter case, a process owning the specified thread is looked for.
49The operation is performed by invoking the
50.Xr pfind 9
51function.
52The found process is returned locked.
53For the
54.Dv PGET_HOLD
55case, it is returned unlocked (but held).
56The
57.Fn pget
58function can
59perform additional manipulations, depending on a
60.Fa flags
61argument.
62.Pp
63The
64.Fa flags
65argument is the logical OR of some subset of:
66.Bl -tag -width ".Dv PGET_NOTINEXEC"
67.It Dv PGET_HOLD
68If set, the found process will be held and unlocked.
69.It Dv PGET_CANSEE
70If set, the found process will be checked for its visibility.
71See
72.Xr p_cansee 9 .
73.It Dv PGET_CANDEBUG
74If set, the found process will be checked for its debuggability.
75See
76.Xr p_candebug 9 .
77.It Dv PGET_ISCURRENT
78If set, the found process will be checked that it matches the current
79process context.
80.It Dv PGET_NOTWEXIT
81If set, the found process will be checked that it does not have the process
82flag
83.Dv P_WEXIT
84set.
85.It Dv PGET_NOTINEXEC
86If set, the found process will be checked that it does not have the process
87flag
88.Dv P_INEXEC
89set.
90.It Dv PGET_NOTID
91If set,
92.Fa pid
93is not assumed as a thread id for values larger than
94.Dv PID_MAX .
95.It Dv PGET_WANTREAD
96If set, the found process will be checked that the caller may get
97a read access to its structure.
98A shorthand for
99.Pq Dv PGET_HOLD | PGET_CANDEBUG | PGET_NOTWEXIT .
100.El
101.Sh RETURN VALUES
102If the process is found in the specified way, then zero is returned,
103otherwise an appropriate error code is returned.
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr p_candebug 9 ,
106.Xr p_cansee 9 ,
107.Xr pfind 9
108