Commit 8b401f9ed244 ("bpf: implement bpf_send_signal() helper")
added helper bpf_send_signal() which permits bpf program to
send a signal to the current process. The signal may send to
any thread of the process.
This patch implemented a new helper bpf_send_signal_thread()
to send a signal to the thread corresponding to the kernel current task.
This helper can simplify user space code if the thread context of
bpf sending signal is needed in user space. Please see Patch #1 for
details of use case and kernel implementation.
Patch #2 added some bpf self tests for the new helper.
Changelogs:
v1 -> v2:
- More description for the difference between bpf_send_signal()
and bpf_send_signal_thread() in the uapi header bpf.h.
- Use skeleton and mmap for send_signal test.
Yonghong Song (2):
bpf: add bpf_send_signal_thread() helper
tools/bpf: add self tests for bpf_send_signal_thread()
include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 19 ++-
kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 27 ++++-
tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 19 ++-
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/send_signal.c | 111 ++++++++++--------
.../bpf/progs/test_send_signal_kern.c | 51 ++++----
5 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
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2.17.1
