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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/pid.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/pid.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c index c7a3e359f8f5..e11144466828 100644 --- a/kernel/pid.c +++ b/kernel/pid.c @@ -552,11 +552,6 @@ struct pid *pidfd_get_pid(unsigned int fd, unsigned int *flags) * 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. */ @@ -615,11 +610,8 @@ static int pidfd_create(struct pid *pid, unsigned int flags) * @flags: flags to pass * * This creates a new pid file descriptor with the O_CLOEXEC flag set for - * the process identified by @pid. Currently, the process identified by - * @pid must be 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). + * the task identified by @pid. Without PIDFD_THREAD flag the target task + * must be a thread-group leader. * * Return: On success, a cloexec pidfd is returned. * On error, a negative errno number will be returned. @@ -629,7 +621,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pidfd_open, pid_t, pid, unsigned int, flags) int fd; struct pid *p; - if (flags & ~PIDFD_NONBLOCK) + if (flags & ~(PIDFD_NONBLOCK | PIDFD_THREAD)) return -EINVAL; if (pid <= 0) |