On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 02:03:14PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 02:31:55AM +0800, Wen Yang wrote: > > From: Christian Brauner <christian@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > [ Upstream commit b3e5838252665ee4cfa76b82bdf1198dca81e5be ] > > > > This patchset makes it possible to retrieve pid file descriptors at > > process creation time by introducing the new flag CLONE_PIDFD to the > > clone() system call. Linus originally suggested to implement this as a > > new flag to clone() instead of making it a separate system call. As > > spotted by Linus, there is exactly one bit for clone() left. > > > > CLONE_PIDFD creates file descriptors based on the anonymous inode > > implementation in the kernel that will also be used to implement the new > > mount api. They serve as a simple opaque handle on pids. Logically, > > this makes it possible to interpret a pidfd differently, narrowing or > > widening the scope of various operations (e.g. signal sending). Thus, a > > pidfd cannot just refer to a tgid, but also a tid, or in theory - given > > appropriate flag arguments in relevant syscalls - a process group or > > session. A pidfd does not represent a privilege. This does not imply it > > cannot ever be that way but for now this is not the case. > > > > A pidfd comes with additional information in fdinfo if the kernel supports > > procfs. The fdinfo file contains the pid of the process in the callers > > pid namespace in the same format as the procfs status file, i.e. "Pid:\t%d". > > > > As suggested by Oleg, with CLONE_PIDFD the pidfd is returned in the > > parent_tidptr argument of clone. This has the advantage that we can > > give back the associated pid and the pidfd at the same time. > > > > To remove worries about missing metadata access this patchset comes with > > a sample program that illustrates how a combination of CLONE_PIDFD, and > > pidfd_send_signal() can be used to gain race-free access to process > > metadata through /proc/<pid>. The sample program can easily be > > translated into a helper that would be suitable for inclusion in libc so > > that users don't have to worry about writing it themselves. > > > > Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Co-developed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > > Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Andy Lutomirsky <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.9.x > > (clone: fix up cherry-pick conflicts for b3e583825266) > > Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wenyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > include/linux/pid.h | 1 + > > include/uapi/linux/sched.h | 1 + > > kernel/fork.c | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > > 3 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/pid.h b/include/linux/pid.h > > index 97b745d..7599a78 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/pid.h > > +++ b/include/linux/pid.h > > @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct pid_link > > struct hlist_node node; > > struct pid *pid; > > }; > > +extern const struct file_operations pidfd_fops; > > > > static inline struct pid *get_pid(struct pid *pid) > > { > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sched.h b/include/uapi/linux/sched.h > > index 5f0fe01..ed6e31d 100644 > > --- a/include/uapi/linux/sched.h > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/sched.h > > @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ > > #define CLONE_FS 0x00000200 /* set if fs info shared between processes */ > > #define CLONE_FILES 0x00000400 /* set if open files shared between processes */ > > #define CLONE_SIGHAND 0x00000800 /* set if signal handlers and blocked signals shared */ > > +#define CLONE_PIDFD 0x00001000 /* set if a pidfd should be placed in parent */ > > #define CLONE_PTRACE 0x00002000 /* set if we want to let tracing continue on the child too */ > > #define CLONE_VFORK 0x00004000 /* set if the parent wants the child to wake it up on mm_release */ > > #define CLONE_PARENT 0x00008000 /* set if we want to have the same parent as the cloner */ > > diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c > > index b64efec..076297a 100644 > > --- a/kernel/fork.c > > +++ b/kernel/fork.c > > @@ -11,7 +11,22 @@ > > * management can be a bitch. See 'mm/memory.c': 'copy_page_range()' > > */ > > > > +#include <linux/anon_inodes.h> > > #include <linux/slab.h> > > +#if 0 > > +#include <linux/sched/autogroup.h> > > +#include <linux/sched/mm.h> > > +#include <linux/sched/coredump.h> > > +#include <linux/sched/user.h> > > +#include <linux/sched/numa_balancing.h> > > +#include <linux/sched/stat.h> > > +#include <linux/sched/task.h> > > +#include <linux/sched/task_stack.h> > > +#include <linux/sched/cputime.h> > > +#include <linux/seq_file.h> > > +#include <linux/rtmutex.h> > > +>>>>>>> b3e58382... clone: add CLONE_PIDFD > > +#endif > > That looks odd :( > > Can you please refresh this patch series, and make sure it is correct > and resend it? Uhm, this patch series has been merged at least a year ago so this looks like an accidental send. This probably isn't meant for upstream but for some alibaba specific kernel I'd reckon. Thanks! Christian