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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PSTOPSTATUS 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Pdstop ,
19.Nm Pstopstatus ,
20.Nm Pstop ,
21.Nm Pwait ,
22.Nm Ldstop ,
23.Nm Lstop ,
24.Nm Lwait
25.Nd process and thread stop operations
26.Sh LIBRARY
27.Lb libproc
28.Sh SYNOPSIS
29.In libproc.h
30.Ft int
31.Fo Pdstop
32.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
33.Fc
34.Ft int
35.Fo Pstopstatus
36.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
37.Fa "long request"
38.Fa "uint_t msec"
39.Fc
40.Ft int
41.Fo Pstop
42.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
43.Fc
44.Ft int
45.Fo Pwait
46.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
47.Fc
48.Ft int
49.Fo Ldstop
50.Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L"
51.Fc
52.Ft int
53.Fo Lstop
54.Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L"
55.Fc
56.Ft int
57.Fo Lwait
58.Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L"
59.Fc
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Fn Pstopstatus
63function allows the caller to stop and optionally wait for the process
64handle referred to by
65.Fa P
66to be stopped.
67Stopping a process causes all of its threads to stop execution.
68Where in their execution the threads will halt is not defined.
69Threads may be resumed with
70.Xr Psetrun 3PROC
71and
72.Xr prun 1 .
73.Pp
74The
75.Fa request
76argument should be one of the following symbols:
77.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent
78.It Dv PCSTOP
79Stop the process; wait for completion before returning.
80.It Dv PCDSTOP
81Stop the process; do not wait for completion before returning.
82That is, the stopping of the process is performed asynchronously in
83relation to the caller.
84.It Dv PCWSTOP
85Do not direct the process to stop; simply wait for it to stop.
86.It Dv PCNULL
87Do not direct the process to stop; simply refreshes the state of the
88process.
89.El
90.Pp
91Both the
92.Dv PCSTOP
93and
94.Dv PCWSTOP
95requests allow an upper bound on the amount of time to wait for the
96process to stop.
97The
98.Fa msec
99argument indicates the number of milliseconds to wait for the stop to
100complete.
101If the value of
102.Fa msec
103is
104.Sy 0 ,
105then it will wait forever.
106Callers should pass
107.Sy 0
108for
109.Fa msec
110when the request is
111.Dv PCDSTOP
112or
113.Dv PCNULL .
114.Pp
115When a non-zero timeout is specified, the process may or may not be
116stopped upon return.
117The return value does not reflect the current state of the process.
118For example, if the timeout expires during a
119.Fa PCWSTOP
120request, the return value will be
121.Sy 0
122regardless of the actual state of the process.
123.Pp
124Only active processes may be stopped.
125Handles that refer to core files, zombie processes, or files cannot be used;
126unless the value of
127.Fa request
128is set to
129.Dv PCNULL .
130.Pp
131The
132.Fn Pstop
133function is is equivalent to calling the
134.Fn Pstopstatus
135function with the request set to
136.Dv PCSTOP
137and an infinite timeout.
138.Pp
139The
140.Fn Pwait
141function is is equivalent to calling the
142.Fn Pstopstatus
143function with the request set to
144.Dv PCWSTOP
145and an infinite timeout.
146.Pp
147The
148.Fn Pdstop
149function is is equivalent to calling the
150.Fn Pstopstatus
151function with the request set to
152.Dv PCDSTOP .
153.Pp
154The
155.Fn Ldstop ,
156.Fn Lstop ,
157and
158.Fn Lwait
159functions are equivalent to the
160.Fn Pdstop ,
161.Fn Pstop ,
162and
163.Fn Pwait
164functions, respectively.
165Except, rather than operating on a process, they operate on the thread handle
166.Fa L .
167A call to
168.Fn Lstop
169stops only a single thread; whereas
170.Fn Pstop
171stops every thread in the process.
172.Sh RETURN VALUES
173Upon successful completion, the
174.Fn Pdstop ,
175.Fn Pstopstatus ,
176.Fn Pstop ,
177.Fn Pwait ,
178.Fn Ldstop ,
179.Fn Lstop ,
180and
181.Fn Lwait
182functions return
183.Sy 0 .
184Otherwise,
185.Sy -1
186is returned and
187.Dv errno
188is set to indicate the error that occurred.
189.Sh ERRORS
190For a full list of possible errors see the
191.Sy DIAGNOSTICS
192section in
193.Xr proc 4 .
194.Pp
195The
196.Fn Pdstop ,
197.Fn Pstopstatus ,
198.Fn Pstop ,
199.Fn Pwait ,
200.Fn Ldstop ,
201.Fn Lstop ,
202and
203.Fn Lwait
204functions will fail if:
205.Bl -tag -width Er
206.It Er EAGAIN
207Control over the handle
208.Fa P
209was lost.
210Callers should call
211.Xr Preopen 3PROC .
212For more information on losing control, see
213.Sy PROGRAMMING NOTES
214in
215.Xr proc 4 .
216.It Er ENOENT
217The request was not
218.Dv PCNULL
219and the process handle
220.Fa P
221does not refer to an active process, but refers to a core file, a zombie
222process, or a file.
223.It Er EINVAL
224.Fa request
225is not valid or the process is in an unknown state.
226.It Er EPROTO
227A fatal protocol error occurred and the process could not be stopped.
228.El
229.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
230.Sy Uncommitted
231.Sh MT-LEVEL
232See
233.Sy LOCKING
234in
235.Xr libproc 3LIB .
236.Sh SEE ALSO
237.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
238.Xr Lgrab 3PROC ,
239.Xr Pcreate 3PROC ,
240.Xr Pgrab 3PROC ,
241.Xr Pgrab_core 3PROC ,
242.Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC ,
243.Xr proc 4
244