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is_alive(): use new parse_proc_pid_stat() and fix zombie main thread …
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Relates-to: #309
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rfjakob committed Mar 30, 2024
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#include "globals.h"
#include "meminfo.h"
#include "msg.h"
#include "proc_pid.h"

/* Parse the contents of /proc/meminfo (in buf), return value of "name"
* (example: "MemTotal:")
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return false;
}

char buf[PATH_LEN] = { 0 };
// Read /proc/[pid]/stat
snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%d/stat", procdir_path, pid);
FILE* f = fopen(buf, "r");
if (f == NULL) {
// Process is gone - good.
return false;
}

// File content looks like this:
// 10751 (cat) R 2663 10751 2663[...]
// File may be bigger than 256 bytes, but we only need the first 20 or so.
memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
size_t len = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), f);
bool read_error = ferror(f) || len == 0;
fclose(f);
if (read_error) {
warn("%s: fread failed: %s\n", __func__, strerror(errno));
return false;
}

// Find last ")" by searching from the end
int i = sizeof(buf) - 1;
for (; i >= 0; i--) {
if (buf[i] == ')')
break;
}
if (i <= 0 || i + 2 >= (int)sizeof(buf)) {
warn("%s: could not find closing bracket\n", __func__);
pid_stat_t stat;
if(!parse_proc_pid_stat(&stat, pid)) {
return false;
}
char state = buf[i + 2];

debug("process state: %c\n", state);
if (state == 'Z') {
// A zombie process does not use any memory. Consider it dead.
debug("%s: state=%c num_threads=%ld\n", __func__, stat.state, stat.num_threads);
if (stat.state == 'Z' && stat.num_threads == 1) {
// A zombie process without subthreads does not use any memory. Consider it dead.
return false;
}
return true;
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