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| PID_ALIVE(9) | Driver Basics | PID_ALIVE(9) |
NAME¶
pid_alive - check that a task structure is not staleSYNOPSIS¶
int
pid_alive(const struct task_struct * p);
ARGUMENTS¶
pTask structure to be checked.
DESCRIPTION¶
Test if a process is not yet dead (at most zombie state) If pid_alive fails, then pointers within the task structure can be stale and must not be dereferenced.RETURN¶
1 if the process is alive. 0 otherwise.COPYRIGHT¶
| January 2017 | Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8. |