PSTATUS(3PROC) Process Control Library Functions PSTATUS(3PROC)

NAME

Pstatus - obtain process status structure

LIBRARY

Process Control Library (libproc, -lproc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <libproc.h>

const pstatus_t *
Pstatus(struct ps_prochandle *P);

DESCRIPTION

The Pstatus() function returns the status information about the process
handle P. The pstatus_t structure is defined in proc(5) and contains
information about the process including its flags, the number of
threads, the size of the stack, and more.

The returned pointer is only valid as long as the process handle P is
valid. After a call to Prelease(3PROC), the returned data pointer is
invalid.

RETURN VALUES

The Pstatus() function always returns a pointer to the process's
status.

INTERFACE STABILITY

Uncommitted

MT-LEVEL
See LOCKING in libproc(3LIB).

SEE ALSO

libproc(3LIB), Prelease(3PROC), proc(5)

illumos May 11, 2016 illumos