// +build linux // http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/prctl.2.html package osutils import ( "syscall" "unsafe" ) // 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. const PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER = 36 // Return the "child subreaper" setting of the caller, in the // location pointed to by (int *) arg2. const PR_GET_CHILD_SUBREAPER = 37 // GetSubreaper returns the subreaper setting for the calling process func GetSubreaper() (int, error) { var i uintptr if _, _, err := syscall.RawSyscall(syscall.SYS_PRCTL, PR_GET_CHILD_SUBREAPER, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&i)), 0); err != 0 { 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 { if _, _, err := syscall.RawSyscall(syscall.SYS_PRCTL, PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER, uintptr(i), 0); err != 0 { return err } return nil }