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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PROC_WALK 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm proc_walk
19.Nd walk all processes or threads in /proc
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Lb libproc
22.In libproc.h
23.Ft int
24.Fo proc_walk
25.Fa "proc_walk_f *func"
26.Fa "void *arg"
27.Fa "int flag"
28.Fc
29.Sh DESCRIPTION
30The
31.Fn proc_walk
32function walks all threads and processes in /proc and calls the callback
33function
34.Fa func
35once for each one with the user specified
36.Fa arg .
37The definition of the
38.Sy proc_walk_f
39is available in
40.Xr libproc 3LIB .
41.Pp
42.Fa func
43will be called once for each process and will always have its first
44argument filled in with the value of the
45.Sy psinfo
46file of the process.
47The value of
48.Fa flag
49controls whether or not information about the threads in the process are
50included and how many times the callback function
51.Fa func
52is called.
53The following values may be passed in for
54.Fa flag :
55.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent
56.It Dv PR_WALK_PROC
57Indicates that the walker is only concerned with the process.
58.Fa func
59will be called once for each process in the system.
60Only the
61.Sy psinfo
62will be read for the process and passed to
63.Fa func .
64The second argument, the one for the
65.Sy lwpsinfo_t ,
66will be passed as
67.Dv NULL .
68.It Dv PR_WALK_LWP
69The caller wants both process and thread information.
70.Fa func
71will be called once for each thread in the system.
72In addition to the process
73.Sy psinfo
74information, the ps specific information for a given thread will be
75included in the
76.Fa lwpsinfo_t
77argument.
78.El
79.Pp
80The return value of the caller's
81.Fa func
82function determines whether or not iteration will continue.
83If
84.Fa func
85returns a non-zero value, then iteration will terminate and that
86return value will be returned to the caller.
87To distinguish between system errors and caller errors, it is recommended that
88the function only return positive integers in the event of an error.
89.Sh RETURN VALUES
90Upon successful completion, the
91.Fn proc_walk
92function returns
93.Sy 0 .
94Otherwise,
95.Sy -1
96is returned and
97.Sy errno
98is updated to reflect the error that occurred.
99.Sh ERRORS
100In addition to the errors listed below, the
101.Fn proc_walk
102function may fail for the same reasons as the
103.Xr opendir 3C ,
104.Xr readdir 3C ,
105and
106.Xr malloc 3C
107functions.
108.Bl -tag -width Er
109.It Er EINVAL
110.Fa flag is not one of
111.Dv PR_WALK_PROC
112or
113.Dv PR_WALK_LWP .
114.El
115.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
116.Sy Uncommitted
117.Sh MT-LEVEL
118.Sy MT-Safe
119.Sh SEE ALSO
120.Xr malloc 3C ,
121.Xr opendir 3C ,
122.Xr readdir 3C ,
123.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
124.Xr proc 4
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