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/** @file
* IPRT - Process Management.
*/
/*
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*/
#ifndef IPRT_INCLUDED_process_h
#define IPRT_INCLUDED_process_h
#ifndef RT_WITHOUT_PRAGMA_ONCE
# pragma once
#endif
#include <iprt/cdefs.h>
#include <iprt/types.h>
RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
/** @defgroup grp_rt_process RTProc - Process Management
* @ingroup grp_rt
* @{
*/
/**
* Process priority.
*
* The process priority is used to select how scheduling properties
* are assigned to the different thread types (see THREADTYPE).
*
* In addition to using the policy assigned to the process at startup (DEFAULT)
* it is possible to change the process priority at runtime. This allows for
* a GUI, resource manager or admin to adjust the general priority of a task
* without upsetting the fine-tuned priority of the threads within.
*/
typedef enum RTPROCPRIORITY
{
/** Invalid priority. */
RTPROCPRIORITY_INVALID = 0,
/** Default priority.
* Derive the scheduling policy from the priority of the RTR3Init()
* and RTProcSetPriority() callers and the rights the process have
* to alter its own priority.
*/
RTPROCPRIORITY_DEFAULT,
/** Flat priority.
* Assumes a scheduling policy which puts the process at the default priority
* and with all thread at the same priority.
*/
RTPROCPRIORITY_FLAT,
/** Low priority.
* Assumes a scheduling policy which puts the process mostly below the
* default priority of the host OS.
*/
RTPROCPRIORITY_LOW,
/** Normal priority.
* Assume a scheduling policy which shares the CPU resources fairly with
* other processes running with the default priority of the host OS.
*/
RTPROCPRIORITY_NORMAL,
/** High priority.
* Assumes a scheduling policy which puts the task above the default
* priority of the host OS. This policy might easily cause other tasks
* in the system to starve.
*/
RTPROCPRIORITY_HIGH,
/** Last priority, used for validation. */
RTPROCPRIORITY_LAST
} RTPROCPRIORITY;
/**
* Get the current process identifier.
*
* @returns Process identifier.
*/
RTDECL(RTPROCESS) RTProcSelf(void);
#ifdef IN_RING0
/**
* Get the current process handle.
*
* @returns Ring-0 process handle.
*/
RTR0DECL(RTR0PROCESS) RTR0ProcHandleSelf(void);
#endif
/**
* Translate a signal number to a short name on the form SIGXXXX.
*
* If the signal is not known, it will be formatted as a number into one of
* several static buffers. This means that there could be concurrency issues if
* this suddenly happens on multiple threads, though that is unlikely.
*
* @returns Readonly string naming the signal.
* @param iSignal The signal to name.
*/
RTDECL(const char *) RTProcSignalName(int iSignal);
#ifdef IN_RING3
/**
* Attempts to alter the priority of the current process.
*
* @returns iprt status code.
* @param enmPriority The new priority.
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcSetPriority(RTPROCPRIORITY enmPriority);
/**
* Gets the current priority of this process.
*
* @returns The priority (see RTPROCPRIORITY).
*/
RTR3DECL(RTPROCPRIORITY) RTProcGetPriority(void);
/**
* Create a child process.
*
* @returns iprt status code.
* @param pszExec Executable image to use to create the child process.
* @param papszArgs Pointer to an array of arguments to the child. The array terminated by an entry containing NULL.
* @param Env Handle to the environment block for the child.
* @param fFlags Flags, one of the RTPROC_FLAGS_* defines.
* @param pProcess Where to store the process identifier on successful return.
* The content is not changed on failure. NULL is allowed.
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcCreate(const char *pszExec, const char * const *papszArgs, RTENV Env, unsigned fFlags, PRTPROCESS pProcess);
/**
* Create a child process.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
*
* @param pszExec Executable image to use to create the child process.
* @param papszArgs Pointer to an array of arguments to the child. The
* array terminated by an entry containing NULL.
* @param hEnv Handle to the environment block for the child. Pass
* RTENV_DEFAULT to use the environment of the current
* process.
* @param fFlags Flags, one of the RTPROC_FLAGS_* defines.
* @param phStdIn The standard in handle to assign the new process. Pass
* NULL to use the same as the current process. If the
* handle is NIL, we'll close the standard input of the
* guest.
* @param phStdOut The standard out handle to assign the new process. Pass
* NULL to use the same as the current process. If the
* handle is NIL, we'll close the standard output of the
* guest.
* @param phStdErr The standard error handle to assign the new process. Pass
* NULL to use the same as the current process. If the
* handle is NIL, we'll close the standard error of the
* guest.
* @param pszAsUser User to run the process as. Pass NULL to use the same
* user as the current process.
* Windows: Use user\@domain (UPN, User Principal Name)
* format to specify a domain.
* @param pszPassword Password to use to authenticate @a pszAsUser. Must be
* NULL wif pszAsUser is NULL. Whether this is actually
* used or not depends on the platform.
* @param pvExtraData Points to additional data as per @a fFlags:
* - RTPROC_FLAGS_DESIRED_SESSION_ID: Pointing to a
* uint32_t variable with the desired session ID.
* - RTPROC_FLAGS_CWD: Pointing to a string constant
* with the directory to chdir() to under the final
* execution ID, before starting the process.
* - These flags cannot be used in the same call.
* @param phProcess Where to store the process handle on successful return.
* The content is not changed on failure. NULL is allowed.
*
* @remarks The handles does not have to be created as inheritable, but it
* doesn't hurt if they are as it may avoid race conditions on some
* platforms.
*
* @remarks The as-user feature isn't supported/implemented on all platforms and
* will cause a-yet-to-be-determined-error-status on these.
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcCreateEx(const char *pszExec, const char * const *papszArgs, RTENV hEnv, uint32_t fFlags,
PCRTHANDLE phStdIn, PCRTHANDLE phStdOut, PCRTHANDLE phStdErr, const char *pszAsUser,
const char *pszPassword, void *pvExtraData, PRTPROCESS phProcess);
/** @name RTProcCreate and RTProcCreateEx flags
* @{ */
/** Detach the child process from the parents process tree and process group,
* session or/and console (depends on the platform what's done applicable).
*
* The new process will not be a direct decendent of the parent and it will not
* be possible to wait for it, i.e. @a phProcess shall be NULL. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_DETACHED RT_BIT(0)
/** Don't show the started process.
* This is a Windows (and maybe OS/2) concept, do not use on other platforms. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_HIDDEN RT_BIT(1)
/** Use special code path for starting child processes from a service (daemon).
* This is a windows concept for dealing with the so called "Session 0"
* isolation which was introduced with Windows Vista. Do not use on other
* platforms. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_SERVICE RT_BIT(2)
/** Suppress changing the process contract id for the child process
* on Solaris. Without this flag the contract id is always changed, as that's
* the more frequently used case. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_SAME_CONTRACT RT_BIT(3)
/** Load user profile data when executing a process.
* This redefines the meaning of RTENV_DEFAULT to the profile environment. See
* also RTPROC_FLAGS_ONLY_BASIC_PROFILE */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_PROFILE RT_BIT(4)
/** Create process without a console window.
* This is a Windows (and OS/2) concept, do not use on other platforms. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_NO_WINDOW RT_BIT(5)
/** Search the PATH for the executable. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_SEARCH_PATH RT_BIT(6)
/** Don't quote and escape arguments on Windows and similar platforms where a
* command line is passed to the child process instead of an argument vector,
* just join up argv with a space between each. Ignored on platforms
* passing argument the vector. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_UNQUOTED_ARGS RT_BIT(7)
/** Consider hEnv an environment change record to be applied to RTENV_DEFAULT.
* If hEnv is RTENV_DEFAULT, the flag has no effect. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_ENV_CHANGE_RECORD RT_BIT(8)
/** Create process using the current impersonated thread token.
* Caller should also specify RTPROC_FLAGS_SERVICE and RTPROC_FLAGS_PROFILE.
* Windows only flag, ignored everywhere else. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_AS_IMPERSONATED_TOKEN RT_BIT(9)
/** Hint that we don't expect to ever want to wait on the process. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_NO_WAIT RT_BIT(10)
/** For use with RTPROC_FLAGS_SERVICE to specify a desired session ID
* (Windows only, ignored elsewhere). The @a pvExtraData argument points to
* a uint32_t containing the session ID, UINT32_MAX means any session.
* Cannot be set with RTPROC_FLAGS_TOKEN_SUPPLIED or RTPROC_FLAGS_CWD. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_DESIRED_SESSION_ID RT_BIT(11)
/** This is a modifier to RTPROC_FLAGS_PROFILE on unix systems that makes it
* skip trying to dump the environment of a login shell. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_ONLY_BASIC_PROFILE RT_BIT(12)
/** Don't translate arguments to the (guessed) child process codeset.
* This is ignored on Windows as it is using UTF-16. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_UTF8_ARGV RT_BIT_32(13)
/** Create process using supplied token. The @a pvExtraData argument points to
* a HANDLE containing the token used as user credentials for process creation.
* Cannot be set with RTPROC_FLAGS_DESIRED_SESSION_ID or RTPROC_FLAGS_CWD.
* Windows only flag, ignored everywhere else. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_TOKEN_SUPPLIED RT_BIT(14)
/** The @a pvExtraData argument points to a string containing the directory
* to chdir() to, under the final execution ID, before starting the process.
* Cannot be set with RTPROC_FLAGS_DESIRED_SESSION_ID or
* RTPROC_FLAGS_TOKEN_SUPPLIED. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_CWD RT_BIT(15)
/** Valid flag mask. */
#define RTPROC_FLAGS_VALID_MASK UINT32_C(0xffff)
/** @} */
/**
* Process exit reason.
*/
typedef enum RTPROCEXITREASON
{
/** Normal exit. iStatus contains the exit code. */
RTPROCEXITREASON_NORMAL = 1,
/** Any abnormal exit. iStatus is undefined. */
RTPROCEXITREASON_ABEND,
/** Killed by a signal. The iStatus field contains the signal number. */
RTPROCEXITREASON_SIGNAL
} RTPROCEXITREASON;
/**
* Process exit status.
*/
typedef struct RTPROCSTATUS
{
/** The process exit status if the exit was a normal one. */
int iStatus;
/** The reason the process terminated. */
RTPROCEXITREASON enmReason;
} RTPROCSTATUS;
/** Pointer to a process exit status structure. */
typedef RTPROCSTATUS *PRTPROCSTATUS;
/** Pointer to a const process exit status structure. */
typedef const RTPROCSTATUS *PCRTPROCSTATUS;
/** Flags for RTProcWait().
* @{ */
/** Block indefinitly waiting for the process to exit. */
#define RTPROCWAIT_FLAGS_BLOCK 0
/** Don't block, just check if the process have exited. */
#define RTPROCWAIT_FLAGS_NOBLOCK 1
/** @} */
/**
* Waits for a process, resumes on interruption.
*
* @returns VINF_SUCCESS when the status code for the process was collected and
* put in *pProcStatus.
* @returns VERR_PROCESS_NOT_FOUND if the specified process wasn't found.
* @returns VERR_PROCESS_RUNNING when the RTPROCWAIT_FLAGS_NOBLOCK and the
* process haven't exited yet.
*
* @param Process The process to wait for.
* @param fFlags The wait flags, any of the RTPROCWAIT_FLAGS_ \#defines.
* @param pProcStatus Where to store the exit status on success.
* Optional.
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcWait(RTPROCESS Process, unsigned fFlags, PRTPROCSTATUS pProcStatus);
/**
* Waits for a process, returns on interruption.
*
* @returns VINF_SUCCESS when the status code for the process was collected and
* put in *pProcStatus.
* @returns VERR_PROCESS_NOT_FOUND if the specified process wasn't found.
* @returns VERR_PROCESS_RUNNING when the RTPROCWAIT_FLAGS_NOBLOCK and the
* process haven't exited yet.
* @returns VERR_INTERRUPTED when the wait was interrupted by the arrival of a
* signal or other async event.
*
* @param Process The process to wait for.
* @param fFlags The wait flags, any of the RTPROCWAIT_FLAGS_ \#defines.
* @param pProcStatus Where to store the exit status on success.
* Optional.
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcWaitNoResume(RTPROCESS Process, unsigned fFlags, PRTPROCSTATUS pProcStatus);
/**
* Terminates (kills) a running process.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @param Process The process to terminate.
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcTerminate(RTPROCESS Process);
/**
* Gets the processor affinity mask of the current process.
*
* @returns The affinity mask.
*/
RTR3DECL(uint64_t) RTProcGetAffinityMask(void);
/**
* Gets the short process name.
*
* @returns Pointer to read-only name string.
* @note IPRT must've been initialized or the string will be empty.
*/
RTR3DECL(const char *) RTProcShortName(void);
/**
* Gets the path to the executable image of the current process.
*
* @returns Pointer to read-only path string.
* @note IPRT must've been initialized or the string will be empty.
*/
RTR3DECL(const char *) RTProcExecutablePath(void);
/**
* Gets a copy of the path to the executable image of the current process.
*
* @returns pszExecPath on success. NULL on buffer overflow or other errors.
*
* @param pszExecPath Where to store the path.
* @param cbExecPath The size of the buffer.
* @note IPRT must've been initialized or the string will be empty.
*/
RTR3DECL(char *) RTProcGetExecutablePath(char *pszExecPath, size_t cbExecPath);
/**
* Daemonize the current process, making it a background process.
*
* The way this work is that it will spawn a detached / backgrounded /
* daemonized / call-it-what-you-want process that isn't a direct child of the
* current process. The spawned will have the same arguments a the caller,
* except that the @a pszDaemonizedOpt is appended to prevent that the new
* process calls this API again.
*
* The new process will have the standard handles directed to/from the
* bitbucket.
*
* @returns IPRT status code. On success it is normal for the caller to exit
* the process by returning from main().
*
* @param papszArgs The argument vector of the calling process.
* @param pszDaemonizedOpt The daemonized option. This is appended to the
* end of the parameter list of the daemonized process.
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcDaemonize(const char * const *papszArgs, const char *pszDaemonizedOpt);
/**
* Daemonize the current process, making it a background process. The current
* process will exit if daemonizing is successful.
*
* @returns IPRT status code. On success it will only return in the child
* process, the parent will exit. On failure, it will return in the
* parent process and no child has been spawned.
*
* @param fNoChDir Pass false to change working directory to "/".
* @param fNoClose Pass false to redirect standard file streams to the null device.
* @param pszPidfile Path to a file to write the process id of the daemon
* process to. Daemonizing will fail if this file already
* exists or cannot be written. May be NULL.
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcDaemonizeUsingFork(bool fNoChDir, bool fNoClose, const char *pszPidfile);
/**
* Check if the given process is running on the system.
*
* This check is case sensitive on most systems, except for Windows, OS/2 and
* Darwin.
*
* @returns true if the process is running & false otherwise.
* @param pszName Process name to search for. If no path is given only the
* filename part of the running process set will be
* matched. If a path is specified, the full path will be
* matched.
*/
RTR3DECL(bool) RTProcIsRunningByName(const char *pszName);
/**
* Queries the parent process ID.
*
* @returns IPRT status code
* @param hProcess The process to query the parent of.
* @param phParent Where to return the parent process ID.
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcQueryParent(RTPROCESS hProcess, PRTPROCESS phParent);
/**
* Query the username of the given process.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the given buffer size is to small for the username.
* @param hProcess The process handle to query the username for.
* NIL_PROCESS is an alias for the current process.
* @param pszUser Where to store the user name on success.
* @param cbUser The size of the user name buffer.
* @param pcbUser Where to store the username length on success
* or the required buffer size if VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW
* is returned.
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcQueryUsername(RTPROCESS hProcess, char *pszUser, size_t cbUser, size_t *pcbUser);
/**
* Query the username of the given process allocating the string for the username.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @param hProcess The process handle to query the username for.
* @param ppszUser Where to store the pointer to the string containing
* the username on success. Free with RTStrFree().
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcQueryUsernameA(RTPROCESS hProcess, char **ppszUser);
/**
* Query the executable path of the given process.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the given buffer size is to small for the executable path.
* @param hProcess The process handle to query the executable path for.
* NIL_PROCESS is an alias for the current process.
* @param pszExecPath Where to store the executable path on success.
* @param cbExecPath The size of the executable path buffer.
* @param pcbExecPath Where to store the executable path length on success
* or the required buffer size if VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW
* is returned. Optional.
*
* @note On Windows, the returned path is currently an NT path. We assume
* this isn't too much of a problem at present as this is mostly for
* informational use.
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcQueryExecutablePath(RTPROCESS hProcess, char *pszExecPath, size_t cbExecPath, size_t *pcbExecPath);
/**
* Query the executable path of the given process.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @param hProcess The process handle to query the executable path for.
* @param ppszExecPath Where to store the pointer to the string containing
* the executable path on success. Free with RTStrFree().
*
* @note On Windows, the returned path is currently an NT path. We assume
* this isn't too much of a problem at present as this is mostly for
* informational use.
*/
RTR3DECL(int) RTProcQueryExecutablePathA(RTPROCESS hProcess, char **ppszExecPath);
#endif /* IN_RING3 */
/** @} */
RT_C_DECLS_END
#endif /* !IPRT_INCLUDED_process_h */
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