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