refactor `await_finish` into `process_try2collect`

the new name is terrible, but at least the function now has a clear
purpose

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/kernel/proc.h b/src/kernel/proc.h
index 0e02d27..82bb59a 100644
--- a/src/kernel/proc.h
+++ b/src/kernel/proc.h
@@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ _Noreturn void process_switch_any(void); // switches to any running process
 
 struct process *process_find(enum process_state);
 handle_t process_find_handle(struct process *proc); // finds the first free handle
+
+/** Tries to transistion from PS_DEAD to PS_DEADER.
+ * @return a nonnegative length of the quit message if successful, a negative val otherwise*/
+int process_try2collect(struct process *dead);