// +build linux // Package sys provides access to the Get Child and Set Child prctl flags. // See http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/prctl.2.html package sys import ( "unsafe" "golang.org/x/sys/unix" ) // GetSubreaper returns the subreaper setting for the calling process func GetSubreaper() (int, error) { var i uintptr // PR_GET_CHILD_SUBREAPER allows retrieving the current child // subreaper. // Returns the "child subreaper" setting of the caller, in the // location pointed to by (int *) arg2. if err := unix.Prctl(unix.PR_GET_CHILD_SUBREAPER, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&i)), 0, 0, 0); err != nil { return -1, err } return int(i), nil } // SetSubreaper sets the value i as the subreaper setting for the calling process func SetSubreaper(i int) error { // PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER allows setting the child subreaper. // If arg2 is nonzero, set the "child subreaper" attribute of the // calling process; if arg2 is zero, unset the attribute. When a // process is marked as a child subreaper, all of the children // that it creates, and their descendants, will be marked as // having a subreaper. In effect, a subreaper fulfills the role // of init(1) for its descendant processes. Upon termination of // a process that is orphaned (i.e., its immediate parent has // already terminated) and marked as having a subreaper, the // nearest still living ancestor subreaper will receive a SIGCHLD // signal and be able to wait(2) on the process to discover its // termination status. return unix.Prctl(unix.PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER, uintptr(i), 0, 0, 0) }