processes.c File Reference

#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <setjmp.h>
#include "processes.h"
#include "sighand.h"
#include "log.h"

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Functions
int	terminate_process (pid_t pid)
pid_t	create_process (process_func_t function, void *argument)
	Create a new process (fork). More...

Function Documentation

create_process()

pid_t create_process	(	process_func_t	function,
		void *	argument
	)

Create a new process (fork).

Definition at line 77 of file processes.c.

Referenced by nasl_plugin_launch().

{
  int pid;

  pid = fork ();

  if (pid == 0)
    {
      init_child_signal_handlers ();
      srand48 (getpid () + getppid () + (long) time (NULL));
      (*function) (argument);
      exit (0);
    }
  if (pid < 0)
    log_write ("Error : could not fork ! Error : %s", strerror (errno));
  return pid;
}

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terminate_process()

int terminate_process

(

pid_t

pid

)

Definition at line 43 of file processes.c.

Referenced by loading_handler_stop().

{
  int ret;

  if (pid <= 0)
    return 0;

  ret = kill (pid, SIGTERM);

  if (ret == 0)
    {
      usleep (1000);
      if (waitpid (pid, NULL, WNOHANG) >= 0)
        kill (pid, SIGKILL);
    }
  return -1;
}

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