* Suren Baghdasaryan: > The API is as follows, > > int process_reap(int pidfd, unsigned int flags); > > DESCRIPTION > The process_reap() system call is used to free the memory of a > dying process. > > The pidfd selects the process referred to by the PID file > descriptor. > (See pidofd_open(2) for further information) > > The flags argument is reserved for future use; currently, this > argument must be specified as 0. > > RETURN VALUE > On success, process_reap() returns 0. On error, -1 is returned > and errno is set to indicate the error. I think the manual page should mention what it means for a process to be “dying”, and how to move a process to this state. Thanks, Florian
