# zx_task_kill

## NAME

task_kill - Kill the provided task (job, process, or thread).

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <zircon/syscalls.h>

zx_status_t zx_task_kill(zx_handle_t handle);

```

## DESCRIPTION

This asynchronously kills the given process, thread or job and its children
recursively, until the entire task tree rooted at *handle* is dead.

It is possible to wait for the task to be dead via the **ZX_TASK_TERMINATED**
signal. When the procedure completes, as observed by the signal, the task and
all its children are considered to be in the dead state and most operations
will no longer succeed.

## RIGHTS

TODO(ZX-2399)

## RETURN VALUE

On success, **zx_task_kill**() returns **ZX_OK**. If a process or thread uses
this syscall to kill itself, this syscall does not return.

## NOTES

When using this syscall on a process, the return code for the process
is -1 as reported by **object_get_info**() via the ZX_INFO_PROCESS topic.

## ERRORS

**ZX_ERR_BAD_HANDLE**  *handle* is not a valid handle.

**ZX_ERR_WRONG_TYPE**  *handle* is not a task handle.

**ZX_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED**  *handle* does not have the **ZX_RIGHT_DESTROY**
right.

## SEE ALSO

[job_create](job_create.md),
[process_create](process_create.md).