Re: [PATCH] nsfs: add NS_GET_INIT_PID ioctl

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 10:45, Christian Brauner
<christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Add an ioctl() to return the PID of the init process/child reaper of a pid
> namespace as seen in the caller's pid namespace.

What are the pros and cons of returning a PID FD instead of a PID?

Thanks,

Michael