function kill procs
NAME [edit section]
kill_procs
SYNOPSIS [edit section]
kill_procs $1 [$2 ...]
DESCRIPTION [edit section]
This function is used to kill processes by name on the target board. It's primary use it intended to be for cleaning up after a test (in case the test left processes still running on the target. For that usage, it is normally called from the base script's test_cleanup function.It is important to use specific process names. Effectively 'grep' is used to match the process name to the processes to be killed on the target. If a name is provided that is too general, you will end up killing more than you expected on the target.
EXAMPLES [edit section]
Here are some sample invocations:kill_procs interbench
kill_procs lmbench lat_mem_rd par_mem
ENVIRONMENT and ARGUMENTS [edit section]
This function takes the following arguments:- $1, $2, $3, $4 ... names of processes to kill
RETURN [edit section]
Returns true.
SOURCE [edit section]
Located in scripts/functions.sh
SEE ALSO [edit section]