3.2.58-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit ad36d28293936b03d6b7996e9d6aadfd73c0eb08 upstream.
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: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1690,6 +1690,24 @@ static inline pid_t task_tgid_vnr(struct
}
+static int pid_alive(const struct task_struct *p);
+static inline pid_t task_ppid_nr_ns(const struct task_struct *tsk, struct pid_namespace *ns)
+{
+ pid_t pid = 0;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ if (pid_alive(tsk))
+ pid = task_tgid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(tsk->real_parent), ns);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ return pid;
+}
+
+static inline pid_t task_ppid_nr(const struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ return task_ppid_nr_ns(tsk, &init_pid_ns);
+}
+
static inline pid_t task_pgrp_nr_ns(struct task_struct *tsk,
struct pid_namespace *ns)
{
@@ -1727,7 +1745,7 @@ static inline pid_t task_pgrp_nr(struct
* If pid_alive fails, then pointers within the task structure
* can be stale and must not be dereferenced.
*/
-static inline int pid_alive(struct task_struct *p)
+static inline int pid_alive(const struct task_struct *p)
{
return p->pids[PIDTYPE_PID].pid != NULL;
}
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