NAME
kcmp - compare if two processes do share a particular kernel resource
SYNOPSIS
#define GNU SOURCE /* See feature test macros(7) */
#include <unistd.h>
#include <linux/kcmp.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h> /* For SYS xxx definitions */
int syscall( NR kcmp, pid1, pid2, type, idx1, idx2);
DESCRIPTION
kcmp() allows to find out if two processes identified by pid1
and pid2 do share kernel resources such as virtual memory, file
The comparison type is one of the following
KCMP FILE to compare two file descriptors specified by idx1 and idx2
KCMP VM to compare whether processes do share virtual memory
KCMP FILES to compare whether processes do share share the file descriptor table
KCMP FS to compare whether processes do share the file system information
KCMP SIGHAND to compare whether processes do share a signal handlers table
KCMP IO to compare whether processes do share I/O context
KCMP SYSVSEM to compare whether processes do share a single list of System V
semaphore undo values
RETURN VALUE
kcmp was designed to return values suitable for sorting. This is particularly
handy when one have to compare a large number
The return value is merely a result of simple arithmetic comparison of kernel
pointers (when kernel compares resources, it us
The easiest way to explain is to consider an example. Lets say v1 and v2
are the addresses of appropriate resources, then the return value is one
of the following
0 - v1 is equal to v2 , in other words we have a shared resource here
1 - v1 is greater than v2
2 - v1 is less than v2
3 - v1 is not equal to v2 , but ordering information is unavailble.
On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.
CONFORMING TO
kcmp() is Linux specific and should not be used in programs intended to
be portable.
SEE ALSO
clone(2)
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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+.TH KCMP 2 2012-02-01 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+
+.SH NAME
+kcmp \- compare if two processes do share a particular kernel resource
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
+.B #include <unistd.h>
+.B #include <linux/kcmp.h>
+.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h> " "/* For SYS_xxx definitions */"
+
+.BI "int syscall(__NR_kcmp, pid1, pid2, type, idx1, idx2);"
+.fi
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+
+.BR kcmp ()
+allows to find out if two processes identified by
+.I pid1
+and
+.I pid2
+do share kernel resources such as virtual memory, file descriptors,
+file system etc.
+
+The comparison
+.I type
+is one of the following
+
+.BR KCMP_FILE
+to compare two file descriptors specified by
+.I idx1
+and
+.I idx2
+
+.BR KCMP_VM
+to compare whether processes do share virtual memory
+
+.BR KCMP_FILES
+to compare whether processes do share share the file descriptor table
+
+.BR KCMP_FS
+to compare whether processes do share the file system information
+
+.BR KCMP_SIGHAND
+to compare whether processes do share a signal handlers table
+
+.BR KCMP_IO
+to compare whether processes do share I/O context
+
+.BR KCMP_SYSVSEM
+to compare whether processes do share a single list of
+System V semaphore undo values
+
+.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+.B kcmp
+was designed to return values suitable for sorting.
+This is particularly handy when one have to compare
+a large number of file descriptors.
+
+The return value is merely a result of simple arithmetic comparison
+of kernel pointers (when kernel compares resources, it uses their
+memory addresses).
+
+The easiest way to explain is to consider an example.
+Lets say
+.I v1
+and
+.I v2
+are the addresses of appropriate resources, then the return value
+is one of the following
+
+.B 0
+\-
+.I v1
+is equal to
+.I v2
+, in other words we have a shared resource here
+
+.B 1
+\-
+.I v1
+is greater than
+.I v2
+
+.B 2
+\-
+.I v1
+is less than
+.I v2
+
+.B 3
+\-
+.I v1
+is not equal to
+.I v2
+, but ordering information is unavailble.
+
+On error, \-1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.
+
+.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+.BR kcmp ()
+is Linux specific and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR clone (2)
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