def iskthread(pid):
# FIXME: we should leave to the callers to handle all the exceptions,
# in this function, so that they know that the thread vanished and
# can act accordingly, removing entries from tree views, etc
try:
f = file("/proc/%d/smaps" % pid)
except IOError:
# Thread has vanished
return True
line = f.readline()
f.close()
if line:
return False
# Zombies also doesn't have smaps entries, so check the
# state:
try:
p = procfs.pidstat(pid)
except:
return True
if p["state"] == 'Z':
return False
return True
def _pid_exists(self, pid): try: p = procfs.pidstat(pid) return True except: return False