NAME

terminate_child_process - The routine terminates a child a process.

SYNOPSIS

#include "l/l_sys_lib.h"

Example compile flags (system dependent):
  -DLINUX_X86_64 -DLINUX_X86_64_OPTERON  -DGNU_COMPILER 
   -I/home/kobus/include
   -L/home/kobus/misc/load/linux_x86_64_opteron -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
  -lKJB                               -lfftw3  -lgsl -lgslcblas -ljpeg  -lSVM -lstdc++                    -lpthread -lSLATEC -lg2c    -lacml -lacml_mv -lblas -lg2c      -lncursesw 


void terminate_child_process(pid_t pid);

DESCRIPTION

The basic algorithm is to first check if the process is alive. If it is, then send it SIGTERM, and give it a chance to clean up. We check up on it at 200ms intervals for a total of 2 seconds. If it is still alive, then send it a SIGKILL. We then check up on it every 200ms until it is really dead. The maximum wait is again set to 2 seconds.

kjb_waitpid2, check_child, check_child2

DISCLAIMER

This software is not adequatedly tested. It is recomended that results are checked independantly where appropriate.

AUTHOR

Kobus Barnard

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