1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/process/unix/vxworks.rs b/library/std/src/sys/process/unix/vxworks.rs
index f33b4a375da..51ae8c56bdb 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/process/unix/vxworks.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/process/unix/vxworks.rs
@@ -146,14 +146,18 @@ impl Process {
         self.pid as u32
     }
 
-    pub fn kill(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+    pub fn kill(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.send_signal(libc::SIGKILL)
+    }
+
+    pub fn send_signal(&self, signal: i32) -> io::Result<()> {
         // If we've already waited on this process then the pid can be recycled
         // and used for another process, and we probably shouldn't be killing
         // random processes, so return Ok because the process has exited already.
         if self.status.is_some() {
             Ok(())
         } else {
-            cvt(unsafe { libc::kill(self.pid, libc::SIGKILL) }).map(drop)
+            cvt(unsafe { libc::kill(self.pid, signal) }).map(drop)
         }
     }