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ZwTerminateProcess function (ntddk.h)

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The ZwTerminateProcess routine terminates a process and all of its threads.

Syntax

NTSYSAPI NTSTATUS ZwTerminateProcess(
  [in, optional] HANDLE   ProcessHandle,
  [in]           NTSTATUS ExitStatus
);

Parameters

[in, optional] ProcessHandle

A handle to the process object that represents the process to be terminated.

[in] ExitStatus

An NTSTATUS value that the operating system uses as the final status for the process and each of its threads.

Return value

ZwTerminateProcess returns STATUS_SUCCESS if the operation succeeds. Additional return values include:

Return code Description
STATUS_OBJECT_TYPE_MISMATCH The specified handle is not a process handle.
STATUS_INVALID_HANDLE The specified handle is not valid.
STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED The driver cannot access the specified process object.
STATUS_PROCESS_IS_TERMINATING The specified process is already terminating.

If the caller specifies the current process in the ProcessHandle parameter, ZwTerminateProcess does not return.

Remarks

To obtain a process handle that a driver can specify for the ProcessHandle parameter, the driver can call ZwOpenProcess. The handle must be a kernel handle, a handle that can only be accessed in kernel mode. A handle is a kernel handle if it is created with the OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE flag. For more info see InitializeObjectAttributes.

Drivers must not specify the current process if resources have not been freed from the kernel stack, because the operating system will not unwind the kernel stack for the calling thread.

If the call to this function occurs in user mode, you should use the name "NtTerminateProcess" instead of "ZwTerminateProcess".

For calls from kernel-mode drivers, the NtXxx and ZwXxx versions of a Windows Native System Services routine can behave differently in the way that they handle and interpret input parameters. For more information about the relationship between the NtXxx and ZwXxx versions of a routine, see Using Nt and Zw Versions of the Native System Services Routines.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Target Platform Universal
Header ntddk.h (include Ntddk.h)
Library NtosKrnl.lib
DLL NtosKrnl.exe
IRQL PASSIVE_LEVEL
DDI compliance rules HwStorPortProhibitedDDIs(storport), PowerIrpDDis(wdm)

See also

Using Nt and Zw Versions of the Native System Services Routines

ZwOpenProcess