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-rw-r--r--include/linux/pid.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/pid.c36
-rw-r--r--mm/madvise.c15
-rw-r--r--mm/oom_kill.c15
4 files changed, 43 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/pid.h b/include/linux/pid.h
index af308e15f174..343abf22092e 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct file;
extern struct pid *pidfd_pid(const struct file *file);
struct pid *pidfd_get_pid(unsigned int fd, unsigned int *flags);
+struct task_struct *pidfd_get_task(int pidfd, unsigned int *flags);
int pidfd_create(struct pid *pid, unsigned int flags);
static inline struct pid *get_pid(struct pid *pid)
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index efe87db44683..2fc0a16ec77b 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -540,6 +540,42 @@ struct pid *pidfd_get_pid(unsigned int fd, unsigned int *flags)
}
/**
+ * pidfd_get_task() - Get the task associated with a pidfd
+ *
+ * @pidfd: pidfd for which to get the task
+ * @flags: flags associated with this pidfd
+ *
+ * Return the task associated with @pidfd. The function takes a reference on
+ * the returned task. The caller is responsible for releasing that reference.
+ *
+ * Currently, the process identified by @pidfd is always a thread-group leader.
+ * This restriction currently exists for all aspects of pidfds including pidfd
+ * creation (CLONE_PIDFD cannot be used with CLONE_THREAD) and pidfd polling
+ * (only supports thread group leaders).
+ *
+ * Return: On success, the task_struct associated with the pidfd.
+ * On error, a negative errno number will be returned.
+ */
+struct task_struct *pidfd_get_task(int pidfd, unsigned int *flags)
+{
+ unsigned int f_flags;
+ struct pid *pid;
+ struct task_struct *task;
+
+ pid = pidfd_get_pid(pidfd, &f_flags);
+ if (IS_ERR(pid))
+ return ERR_CAST(pid);
+
+ task = get_pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_TGID);
+ put_pid(pid);
+ if (!task)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
+
+ *flags = f_flags;
+ return task;
+}
+
+/**
* pidfd_create() - Create a new pid file descriptor.
*
* @pid: struct pid that the pidfd will reference
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 0734db8d53a7..8c927202bbe6 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -1235,7 +1235,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(process_madvise, int, pidfd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV], iovec;
struct iovec *iov = iovstack;
struct iov_iter iter;
- struct pid *pid;
struct task_struct *task;
struct mm_struct *mm;
size_t total_len;
@@ -1250,18 +1249,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(process_madvise, int, pidfd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
if (ret < 0)
goto out;
- pid = pidfd_get_pid(pidfd, &f_flags);
- if (IS_ERR(pid)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(pid);
+ task = pidfd_get_task(pidfd, &f_flags);
+ if (IS_ERR(task)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(task);
goto free_iov;
}
- task = get_pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
- if (!task) {
- ret = -ESRCH;
- goto put_pid;
- }
-
if (!process_madvise_behavior_valid(behavior)) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto release_task;
@@ -1301,8 +1294,6 @@ release_mm:
mmput(mm);
release_task:
put_task_struct(task);
-put_pid:
- put_pid(pid);
free_iov:
kfree(iov);
out:
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 195b3661da3d..1ddabefcfb5a 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -1150,21 +1150,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(process_mrelease, int, pidfd, unsigned int, flags)
struct task_struct *p;
unsigned int f_flags;
bool reap = false;
- struct pid *pid;
long ret = 0;
if (flags)
return -EINVAL;
- pid = pidfd_get_pid(pidfd, &f_flags);
- if (IS_ERR(pid))
- return PTR_ERR(pid);
-
- task = get_pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_TGID);
- if (!task) {
- ret = -ESRCH;
- goto put_pid;
- }
+ task = pidfd_get_task(pidfd, &f_flags);
+ if (IS_ERR(task))
+ return PTR_ERR(task);
/*
* Make sure to choose a thread which still has a reference to mm
@@ -1204,8 +1197,6 @@ drop_mm:
mmput(mm);
put_task:
put_task_struct(task);
-put_pid:
- put_pid(pid);
return ret;
#else
return -ENOSYS;