Added the functions task_ppid_nr_ns() and task_ppid_nr() to abstract the lookup
of the PPID (real_parent's pid_t) of a process, including rcu locking, in the
arbitrary and init_pid_ns.
This provides an alternative to sys_getppid(), which is relative to the child
process' pid namespace.
(informed by ebiederman's 6c621b7e)
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index e27baee..7bf5ab2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1497,6 +1497,30 @@ static inline pid_t task_tgid_vnr(struct task_struct *tsk)
}
+static inline pid_t task_ppid_nr_ns(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pid_namespace *ns)
+{
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ pid = pid_alive(tsk) ?
+ task_pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(tsk->real_parent), ns) : 0;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ return pid;
+}
+
+static inline pid_t task_ppid_nr(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ pid = pid_alive(tsk) ?
+ task_pid_nr(rcu_dereference(tsk->real_parent)) : 0;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ return pid;
+}
+
static inline pid_t task_pgrp_nr_ns(struct task_struct *tsk,
struct pid_namespace *ns)
{
--
1.7.1
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