reaper.h

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#pragma once
 
typedef struct process process_t;
 
/**
 * @brief Process reaper for delayed process freeing.
 * @defgroup kernel_proc_reaper Process reaper
 * @ingroup kernel_proc
 * 
 * The process reaper ensures that a process is not freed immediately after it is killed. This is important because other processes may still wish to access information about the process, such as its exit status.
 * 
 * The reaper runs periodically and frees any "zombie" processes when they have no remaining threads by deinitializing its `/proc` directory, when none of the proc files or directories of the process are open its resources are finally freed. 
 * 
 * @{
 */
 
/**
 * @brief Initializes the process reaper.
 */
void reaper_init(void);
 
/**
 * @brief Pushes a process to be reaped later.
 *
 * @param process The process to be reaped.
 */
void reaper_push(process_t* process);
 
/** @} */