Module process

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Process-associated operations.

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FloatingPointEmulationControl: PR_FPEMU_* flags for use with floating_point_emulation_control and set_floating_point_emulation_control.
FloatingPointExceptionMode: Zero means floating point exceptions are disabled.
Flock: File lock data structure used in fcntl_getlk.
Gid: gid_t—A Unix group ID.
Pid: pid_t—A non-zero Unix process ID.
PidfdFlags: PIDFD_* flags for use with pidfd_open.
PidfdGetfdFlags: All flags are reserved for future use.
PrctlMmMap: This structure provides new memory descriptor map which mostly modifies /proc/pid/stat[m] output for a task. This mostly done in a sake of checkpoint/restore functionality.
Rlimit: struct rlimit—Current and maximum values used in getrlimit, setrlimit, and prlimit.
Signal: A signal number for use with kill_process, kill_process_group, and kill_current_process_group.
SpeculationFeatureControl: PR_SPEC_* flags for use with control_speculative_feature.
SpeculationFeatureState: Zero means the processors are not vulnerable.
Uid: uid_t—A Unix user ID.
UnalignedAccessControl: PR_UNALIGN_* flags for use with unaligned_access_control and set_unaligned_access_control.
WaitIdOptions: Options for modifying the behavior of waitid.
WaitIdStatus: The status of a process after calling waitid.
WaitOptions: Options for modifying the behavior of wait/waitpid.
WaitStatus: The status of a child process after calling wait/waitpid.

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DumpableBehavior: SUID_DUMP_* values for use with dumpable_behavior and set_dumpable_behavior.
EndianMode: PR_ENDIAN_* values for use with endian_mode.
FloatingPointMode: PR_FP_MODE_* values for use with floating_point_mode and set_floating_point_mode.
FlockOffsetType: F_SEEK* constants for use with fcntl_getlk.
FlockType: F_*LCK constants for use with fcntl_getlk.
MachineCheckMemoryCorruptionKillPolicy: PR_MCE_KILL_* values for use with machine_check_memory_corruption_kill_policy and set_machine_check_memory_corruption_kill_policy.
PTracer: Process ptracer.
Resource: A resource value for use with getrlimit, setrlimit, and prlimit.
SpeculationFeature: PR_SPEC_* values for use with speculative_feature_state and control_speculative_feature.
TimeStampCounterReadability: PR_TSC_* values for use with time_stamp_counter_readability and set_time_stamp_counter_readability.
TimingMethod: PR_TIMING_* values for use with timing_method and set_timing_method.
VirtualMemoryMapAddress: PR_SET_MM_* values for use with set_virtual_memory_map_address.
WaitId: The identifier to wait on in a call to waitid.

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EXIT_FAILURE: EXIT_FAILURE for use with exit.
EXIT_SIGNALED_SIGABRT: The exit status used by a process terminated with a Signal::ABORT signal.
EXIT_SUCCESS: EXIT_SUCCESS for use with exit.

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chdir: chdir(path)—Change the current working directory.
child_subreaper: Get the child subreaper setting of the calling process.
chroot: chroot(path)—Change the process root directory.
configure_io_flusher_behavior: Put the process in the IO_FLUSHER state, allowing it to make progress when allocating memory.
configure_performance_counters: Enable or disable all performance counters attached to the calling process.
configure_pointer_authentication_keys^⚠: Set enabled pointer authentication keys.
configure_virtual_memory_map^⚠: Provides one-shot access to all the addresses by passing in a PrctlMmMap.
control_speculative_feature: Sets the state of the speculation misfeature.
dumpable_behavior: Get the current state of the calling process’ dumpable attribute.
enabled_pointer_authentication_keys: Get enabled pointer authentication keys.
endian_mode: Get the endianness of the calling process.
fchdir: fchdir(fd)—Change the current working directory.
fcntl_getlk: fcntl(fd, F_GETLK)—Get the first lock that blocks the lock description pointed to by the argument lock. If no such lock is found, then None is returned.
floating_point_emulation_control: Get floating point emulation control bits.
floating_point_exception_mode: Get floating point exception mode.
floating_point_mode: Get the current floating point mode.
getcwd: getcwd—Return the current working directory.
getegid: getegid()—Returns the process’ effective group ID.
geteuid: geteuid()—Returns the process’ effective user ID.
getgid: getgid()—Returns the process’ real group ID.
getgroups: getgroups()—Return a list of the current user’s groups.
getpgid: getpgid(pid)—Returns the process group ID of the given process.
getpgrp: getpgrp()—Returns the process’ group ID.
getpid: getpid()—Returns the process’ ID.
getppid: getppid()—Returns the parent process’ ID.
getpriority_pgrp: getpriority(PRIO_PGRP, gid)—Get the scheduling priority of the given process group.
getpriority_process: getpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, pid)—Get the scheduling priority of the given process.
getpriority_user: getpriority(PRIO_USER, uid)—Get the scheduling priority of the given user.
getrlimit: getrlimit(resource)—Get a process resource limit value.
getsid: getsid(pid)—Get the session ID of the given process.
getuid: getuid()—Returns the process’ real user ID.
ioctl_tiocsctty: ioctl(fd, TIOCSCTTY, 0)—Sets the controlling terminal for the process.
is_io_flusher: Get the IO_FLUSHER state of the caller.
kill_current_process_group: kill(0, sig)—Sends a signal to all processes in the current process group.
kill_process: kill(pid, sig)—Sends a signal to a process.
kill_process_group: kill(-pid, sig)—Sends a signal to all processes in a process group.
machine_check_memory_corruption_kill_policy: Get the current per-process machine check kill policy.
nice: nice(inc)—Adjust the scheduling priority of the current process.
parent_process_death_signal: Get the current value of the parent process death signal.
pidfd_getfd: syscall(SYS_pidfd_getfd, pidfd, flags)—Obtain a duplicate of another process’ file descriptor.
pidfd_open: syscall(SYS_pidfd_open, pid, flags)—Creates a file descriptor for a process.
pidfd_send_signal: syscall(SYS_pidfd_send_signal, pidfd, sig, NULL, 0)—Send a signal to a process specified by a file descriptor.
pivot_root: pivot_root(new_root, put_old)—Change the root mount.
prlimit: prlimit(pid, resource, new)—Get and set a process resource limit value.
set_auxiliary_vector^⚠: Set a new auxiliary vector.
set_child_subreaper: Set the child subreaper attribute of the calling process.
set_dumpable_behavior: Set the state of the dumpable attribute.
set_endian_mode^⚠: Set the endianness of the calling process.
set_executable_file: Supersede the /proc/pid/exe symbolic link with a new one pointing to a new executable file.
set_floating_point_emulation_control: Set floating point emulation control bits.
set_floating_point_exception_mode: Set floating point exception mode.
set_floating_point_mode: Allow control of the floating point mode from user space.
set_machine_check_memory_corruption_kill_policy: Set the machine check memory corruption kill policy for the calling thread.
set_parent_process_death_signal: Set the parent-death signal of the calling process.
set_ptracer: Declare that the ptracer process can ptrace the calling process as if it were a direct process ancestor.
set_time_stamp_counter_readability: Set the state of the flag determining if the timestamp counter can be read by the process.
set_timing_method: Set whether to use (normal, traditional) statistical process timing or accurate timestamp-based process timing.
set_unaligned_access_control: Set unaligned access control bits.
set_virtual_memory_map_address^⚠: Modify certain kernel memory map descriptor addresses of the calling process.
set_virtual_memory_region_name: Set the name for a virtual memory region.
setpgid: setpgid(pid, pgid)—Sets the process group ID of the given process.
setpriority_pgrp: setpriority(PRIO_PGRP, pgid)—Get the scheduling priority of the given process group.
setpriority_process: setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, pid)—Get the scheduling priority of the given process.
setpriority_user: setpriority(PRIO_USER, uid)—Get the scheduling priority of the given user.
setrlimit: setrlimit(resource, new)—Set a process resource limit value.
setsid: setsid()—Create a new session.
speculative_feature_state: Get the state of the speculation misfeature.
test_kill_current_process_group: kill(0, 0)—Check validity of pid and permissions to send signals to the all processes in the current process group, without actually sending any signals.
test_kill_process: kill(pid, 0)—Check validity of pid and permissions to send signals to the process, without actually sending any signals.
test_kill_process_group: kill(-pid, 0)—Check validity of pid and permissions to send signals to all processes in the process group, without actually sending any signals.
time_stamp_counter_readability: Get the state of the flag determining if the timestamp counter can be read.
timing_method: Get which process timing method is currently in use.
umask: umask(mask)—Set the process file creation mask.
unaligned_access_control: Get unaligned access control bits.
virtual_memory_map_config_struct_size: Get the size of the PrctlMmMap the kernel expects.
wait: wait(waitopts)—Wait for any of the children of calling process to change state.
waitid: waitid(_, _, _, opts)—Wait for the specified child process to change state.
waitpgid: waitpid(-pgid, waitopts)—Wait for a process in a specific process group to change state.
waitpid: waitpid(pid, waitopts)—Wait for a specific process to change state.

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ForeignRawFd: Raw file descriptor in another process.
RawGid: A group identifier as a raw integer.
RawPid: A process identifier as a raw integer.
RawUid: A user identifier as a raw integer.

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