include/uapi/linux/wait.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

include/uapi/linux/wait.h

Extension

.h

Size

697 bytes

Lines

24

Domain

Core OS

Bucket

Core Kernel Interface

Inferred role

Core OS: implementation source

Status

source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

• Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

Dependency Surface

• No C-style include directives detected by the generator.

Detected Declarations

• No top-level syscall, struct, function, initcall, or export declaration detected by the generator.

Annotated Snippet

#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_WAIT_H
#define _UAPI_LINUX_WAIT_H

#define WNOHANG		0x00000001
#define WUNTRACED	0x00000002
#define WSTOPPED	WUNTRACED
#define WEXITED		0x00000004
#define WCONTINUED	0x00000008
#define WNOWAIT		0x01000000	/* Don't reap, just poll status.  */

#define __WNOTHREAD	0x20000000	/* Don't wait on children of other threads in this group */
#define __WALL		0x40000000	/* Wait on all children, regardless of type */
#define __WCLONE	0x80000000	/* Wait only on non-SIGCHLD children */

/* First argument to waitid: */
#define P_ALL		0
#define P_PID		1
#define P_PGID		2
#define P_PIDFD		3


#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_WAIT_H */

Annotation

• Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
• Implementation status: source implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.