src: fix kill signal on Windows

huseyinacacak-janea · ruyadorno · commit 2ca9f4b65a6e · 2025-01-05T12:57:22.000-05:00
Fixes: #42923 PR-URL: #55514 Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Stefan Stojanovic <stefan.stojanovic@janeasystems.com>
diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.md b/doc/api/child_process.md
@@ -1700,8 +1700,8 @@ may not actually terminate the process.
 See kill(2) for reference.
 
 On Windows, where POSIX signals do not exist, the `signal` argument will be
-ignored, and the process will be killed forcefully and abruptly (similar to
-`'SIGKILL'`).
+ignored except for `'SIGKILL'`, `'SIGTERM'`, `'SIGINT'` and `'SIGQUIT'`, and the
+process will always be killed forcefully and abruptly (similar to `'SIGKILL'`).
 See [Signal Events][] for more details.
 
 On Linux, child processes of child processes will not be terminated
diff --git a/src/process_wrap.cc b/src/process_wrap.cc
@@ -314,6 +314,12 @@ class ProcessWrap : public HandleWrap {
     ProcessWrap* wrap;
     ASSIGN_OR_RETURN_UNWRAP(&wrap, args.This());
     int signal = args[0]->Int32Value(env->context()).FromJust();
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    if (signal != SIGKILL && signal != SIGTERM && signal != SIGINT &&
+        signal != SIGQUIT) {
+      signal = SIGKILL;
+    }
+#endif
     int err = uv_process_kill(&wrap->process_, signal);
     args.GetReturnValue().Set(err);
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-kill.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-kill.js
@@ -39,3 +39,22 @@ assert.strictEqual(cat.signalCode, null);
 assert.strictEqual(cat.killed, false);
 cat.kill();
 assert.strictEqual(cat.killed, true);
+
+// Test different types of kill signals on Windows.
+if (common.isWindows) {
+  for (const sendSignal of ['SIGTERM', 'SIGKILL', 'SIGQUIT', 'SIGINT']) {
+    const process = spawn('cmd');
+    process.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(code, null);
+      assert.strictEqual(signal, sendSignal);
+    });
+    process.kill(sendSignal);
+  }
+
+  const process = spawn('cmd');
+  process.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(code, null);
+    assert.strictEqual(signal, 'SIGKILL');
+  });
+  process.kill('SIGHUP');
+}
