linux-kernel - [RFC] c/r: prctl: Add ability to get clear_tid

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Message-ID: <20120305081144.GC7366@moon>
Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2012 12:11:44 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>, Pedro Alves <palves@...hat.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [RFC] c/r: prctl: Add ability to get clear_tid_address

Hi guys,

there were a converation about ability to retrieve task::clear_tid_address
(https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/3/116) via ptrace call, which was found as being
a bit inappropriate. So we've switched to prctl interface instead. What do
you think? Did I miss something? Comments are welcome

	Cyrill
---
Subject: [RFC] c/r: prctl: Add ability to get clear_tid_address

From: Andrew Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>

Zero is written at clear_tid_address, when
the process exits. This functionality is used
by pthread_join().

We already have sys_set_tid_address() to change this
address for current task but there is no way to obtain
it from a user space.

Without ability to find this address and dump it we can't
restore pthread'ed apps which do call pthread_join() once
they have been restored.

This patch introduces PR_GET_TID_ADDRESS prctl option
which allow current process to obtain own clear_tid_address.

This feature is available iif CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE is set.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
CC: Pedro Alves <palves@...hat.com>
CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
CC: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
CC: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/prctl.h |    2 ++
 kernel/sys.c          |   13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6.git/include/linux/prctl.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.git.orig/include/linux/prctl.h
+++ linux-2.6.git/include/linux/prctl.h
@@ -120,4 +120,6 @@
 # define PR_SET_MM_AUXV			12
 # define PR_SET_MM_EXE_FILE		13
 
+#define PR_GET_TID_ADDRESS		36
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */
Index: linux-2.6.git/kernel/sys.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.git.orig/kernel/sys.c
+++ linux-2.6.git/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1903,12 +1903,22 @@ out:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	return error;
 }
+
+static int prctl_get_tid_address(struct task_struct *me, int __user **tid_addr)
+{
+	return put_user(me->clear_child_tid, addr);
+}
+
 #else /* CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE */
 static int prctl_set_mm(int opt, unsigned long addr,
 			unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5)
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
+static int prctl_get_tid_address(struct task_struct *me, int __user **tid_addr)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
 #endif
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
@@ -2063,6 +2073,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsi
 		case PR_SET_MM:
 			error = prctl_set_mm(arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
 			break;
+		case PR_GET_TID_ADDRESS:
+			error = prctl_get_tid_address(me, (int __user **)arg2);
+			break;
 		default:
 			error = -EINVAL;
 			break;
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