1. NAME▲

pid_alive - check that a task structure is not stale

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

int pid_alive(struct task_struct *  p );

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

p
    Task structure to be checked.

4. 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.

5. COPYRIGHT ▲