On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:52:32 +0100, luca.boccassi@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > A common pattern when using pid fds is having to get information > about the process, which currently requires /proc being mounted, > resolving the fd to a pid, and then do manual string parsing of > /proc/N/status and friends. This needs to be reimplemented over > and over in all userspace projects (e.g.: I have reimplemented > resolving in systemd, dbus, dbus-daemon, polkit so far), and > requires additional care in checking that the fd is still valid > after having parsed the data, to avoid races. > > [...] Applied with some minor changes as mentioned elsewhere. --- Applied to the vfs.pidfs branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree. Patches in the vfs.pidfs branch should appear in linux-next soon. Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it. It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated. Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase, trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch. tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git branch: vfs.pidfs [1/1] pidfd: add ioctl to retrieve pid info https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/12506679be68
