zx_job_create

NAME

job_create - create a new job

SYNOPSIS

#include <zircon/syscalls.h>

zx_status_t zx_job_create(zx_handle_t job, uint32_t options, zx_handle_t* out);

DESCRIPTION

job_create() creates a new child job object given a parent job.

Upon success a handle for the new job is returned.

The kernel keeps track of and restricts the “height” of a job, which is its distance from the root job. It is illegal to create a job under a parent whose height exceeds an internal “max height” value. (It is, however, legal to create a process under such a job.)

Job handles may be waited on (TODO(cpu): expand this)

RETURN VALUE

job_create() returns ZX_OK and a handle to the new job (via out) on success. In the event of failure, a negative error value is returned.

ERRORS

ZX_ERR_BAD_HANDLE job is not a valid handle.

ZX_ERR_WRONG_TYPE job is not a job handle.

ZX_ERR_INVALID_ARGS options is nonzero, or out is an invalid pointer.

ZX_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED job does not have the ZX_RIGHT_WRITE right.

ZX_ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE The height of job is too large to create a child job.

ZX_ERR_NO_MEMORY (Temporary) Failure due to lack of memory.

ZX_ERR_BAD_STATE (Temporary) Failure due to the job object being in the middle of a zx_task_kill() operation.

SEE ALSO

process_create, task_kill, object_get_property.