1.\" 2.\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the 3.\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0. 4.\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version 5.\" 1.0 of the CDDL. 6.\" 7.\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this 8.\" source. A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at 9.\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL. 10.\" 11.\" 12.\" Copyright 2015 Joyent, Inc. 13.\" 14.Dd May 11, 2016 15.Dt PSTATUS 3PROC 16.Os 17.Sh NAME 18.Nm Pstatus 19.Nd obtain process status structure 20.Sh LIBRARY 21.Lb libproc 22.Sh SYNOPSIS 23.In libproc.h 24.Ft "const pstatus_t *" 25.Fo Pstatus 26.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P" 27.Fc 28.Sh DESCRIPTION 29The 30.Fn Pstatus 31function returns the status information about the process handle 32.Fa P . 33The 34.Sy pstatus_t 35structure is defined in 36.Xr proc 4 37and contains information about the process including its flags, the 38number of threads, the size of the stack, and more. 39.Pp 40The returned pointer is only valid as long as the process handle 41.Fa P 42is valid. 43After a call to 44.Xr Prelease 3PROC , 45the returned data pointer is invalid. 46.Sh RETURN VALUES 47The 48.Fn Pstatus 49function always returns a pointer to the process's status. 50.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY 51.Sy Uncommitted 52.Sh MT-LEVEL 53See 54.Sy LOCKING 55in 56.Xr libproc 3LIB . 57.Sh SEE ALSO 58.Xr libproc 3LIB , 59.Xr Prelease 3PROC , 60.Xr proc 4 61