= NAME =
kill_procs

= SYNOPSIS =
kill_procs $1 [$2 ...]

= DESCRIPTION =
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 [[function_test_cleanup|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 =
Here are some sample invocations:
{{{#!YellowBox
kill_procs interbench
}}}

{{{#!YellowBox
kill_procs lmbench lat_mem_rd par_mem
}}}

= ENVIRONMENT and ARGUMENTS =
This function takes the following arguments:
 * $1, $2, $3, $4 ... names of processes to kill

= RETURN =
Returns true.

= SOURCE =
Located in ''scripts/functions.sh''

= SEE ALSO =
 * [[function_test_cleanup|test_cleanup]], [[function_ov_rootfs_kill|ov_rootfs_kill]]