2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/process/process.c b/lib/process/process.c
index 3c81b29..86c7fbb 100644
--- a/lib/process/process.c
+++ b/lib/process/process.c
@@ -447,3 +447,9 @@ int process_run_simple(void *ctx, const char *name, ...)
 
 	return rc;
 }
+
+bool process_exit_ok(struct process *process)
+{
+	return WIFEXITED(process->exit_status) &&
+		WEXITSTATUS(process->exit_status) == 0;
+}
diff --git a/lib/process/process.h b/lib/process/process.h
index ae7fe32..f75f197 100644
--- a/lib/process/process.h
+++ b/lib/process/process.h
@@ -74,4 +74,9 @@ int process_run_simple(void *ctx, const char *name, ...)
 int process_run_async(struct process *process);
 
 void process_stop_async(struct process *process);
+
+/* helper function to determine if a process exited cleanly, with a non-zero
+ * exit status */
+bool process_exit_ok(struct process *process);
+
 #endif /* PROCESS_H */