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<refentry id="VisualOS-Processes">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>Processes</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>VISUALOS Library</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>Processes</refname><refpurpose>Process Handling.</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv><title>Synopsis</title>
<synopsis>
<link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link>* <link linkend="create-process">create_process</link> (void);
<link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link>* <link linkend="new-process">new_process</link> (void);
void <link linkend="insert-process">insert_process</link> (<link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link> *proc);
void <link linkend="free-process">free_process</link> (<link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link> *proc);
<link linkend="gint">gint</link> <link linkend="destroy-process">destroy_process</link> (<link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link> *proc);
<link linkend="proc-queue-t">proc_queue_t</link> <link linkend="get-proc-list">get_proc_list</link> (void);
<link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link>* <link linkend="get-proc-by-pid">get_proc_by_pid</link> (<link linkend="gint">gint</link> pid);
void <link linkend="select-process">select_process</link> (<link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link> *proc);
<link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link>* <link linkend="get-CPU-selected-proc">get_CPU_selected_proc</link> (void);
void <link linkend="save-processes-to-file">save_processes_to_file</link> (void);
void <link linkend="load-processes-from-file">load_processes_from_file</link> (void);
#define <link linkend="burst">burst</link> (proc)
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
This functions provide general process handling. Creation, insertion into the
system, destruction, finding a certain process...
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Details</title>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="create-process">create_process ()</title>
<programlisting><link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link>* create_process (void);</programlisting>
<para>
Do everything necesary to have a new process in the system.</para>
<para>
</para><informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="params">
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<row><entry align="right"><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</entry><entry> the newly created process.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable></refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="new-process">new_process ()</title>
<programlisting><link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link>* new_process (void);</programlisting>
<para>
Allocate data for new process.
</para>
<para>
Note: the process will have to be inserted to have any efect.</para>
<para>
</para><informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="params">
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<row><entry align="right"><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</entry><entry> the newly allocate process data.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable></refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="insert-process">insert_process ()</title>
<programlisting>void insert_process (<link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link> *proc);</programlisting>
<para>
Inserts process <parameter>proc</parameter> in the system.
</para>
<para>
Note: <parameter>proc</parameter> can be obtained with <parameter>new_process</parameter>.</para>
<para>
</para><informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="params">
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<row><entry align="right"><parameter>proc</parameter> :</entry>
<entry> the process involved.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable></refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="free-process">free_process ()</title>
<programlisting>void free_process (<link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link> *proc);</programlisting>
<para>
Definitely free all data related to <parameter>proc</parameter>.
</para>
<para>
Note: <parameter>proc</parameter> will be gone for good.</para>
<para>
</para><informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="params">
<tgroup cols="2">
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<row><entry align="right"><parameter>proc</parameter> :</entry>
<entry> process involved.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable></refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="destroy-process">destroy_process ()</title>
<programlisting><link linkend="gint">gint</link> destroy_process (<link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link> *proc);</programlisting>
<para>
Start considering <parameter>proc</parameter> a terminated process and remove it from the
system.
</para>
<para>
Note: the data of <parameter>proc</parameter> is not freed, and <parameter>proc</parameter> will be saved by
<parameter>save_processes_to_file</parameter>.</para>
<para>
</para><informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="params">
<tgroup cols="2">
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<row><entry align="right"><parameter>proc</parameter> :</entry>
<entry> process involved.
</entry></row>
<row><entry align="right"><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</entry><entry> nothing important.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable></refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="get-proc-list">get_proc_list ()</title>
<programlisting><link linkend="proc-queue-t">proc_queue_t</link> get_proc_list (void);</programlisting>
<para>
</para>
<para>
</para><informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="params">
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<row><entry align="right"><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</entry><entry> the list of all currently running processes.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable></refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="get-proc-by-pid">get_proc_by_pid ()</title>
<programlisting><link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link>* get_proc_by_pid (<link linkend="gint">gint</link> pid);</programlisting>
<para>
</para>
<para>
</para><informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="params">
<tgroup cols="2">
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<row><entry align="right"><parameter>pid</parameter> :</entry>
<entry> process ID
</entry></row>
<row><entry align="right"><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</entry><entry> the data of process <parameter>pid</parameter> or NULL if there is no process
with PID <parameter>pid</parameter>.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable></refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="select-process">select_process ()</title>
<programlisting>void select_process (<link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link> *proc);</programlisting>
<para>
Makes <parameter>proc</parameter> the selected process.
</para>
<para>
Note: some code will do things to the selected process.</para>
<para>
</para><informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="params">
<tgroup cols="2">
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<row><entry align="right"><parameter>proc</parameter> :</entry>
<entry> process involved.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable></refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="get-CPU-selected-proc">get_CPU_selected_proc ()</title>
<programlisting><link linkend="proc-t">proc_t</link>* get_CPU_selected_proc (void);</programlisting>
<para>
Find out which is the currently selected process</para>
<para>
</para><informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="params">
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<row><entry align="right"><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</entry><entry> the currently selected process.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable></refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="save-processes-to-file">save_processes_to_file ()</title>
<programlisting>void save_processes_to_file (void);</programlisting>
<para>
Asks the user for a filename and saves all processes on the current
session to a file, ready to be loaded in a new session.
</para>
<para>
Note: Both terminated and not yet running processes will be written.</para>
<para>
</para></refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="load-processes-from-file">load_processes_from_file ()</title>
<programlisting>void load_processes_from_file (void);</programlisting>
<para>
Asks the user for a filename and loads all processes it can find it it.
</para>
<para>
Note: Not all processes will be visible at once, they will be inserted
at the right time.</para>
<para>
</para></refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="burst">burst()</title>
<programlisting>#define burst(proc) (proc->next_event.time - proc->time)
</programlisting>
<para>
Calculates the current burst (time until next voluntary event) for <parameter>proc</parameter>.</para>
<para>
</para><informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="params">
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colwidth="2*">
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<tbody>
<row><entry align="right"><parameter>proc</parameter> :</entry>
<entry> process involved.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable></refsect2>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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