linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] CLONE_FD: Task exit notification via file descriptor

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Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:02:24 -0700
From:	josh@...htriplett.org
To:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] CLONE_FD: Task exit notification via file
 descriptor

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:08:07PM +0200, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> So I finally got around to having a look at this, and one thing caught my
> eye:
> 
> >              read(2) (and similar)
> >                      When  the  new  process  exits,  reading  from  the  file
> >                      descriptor produces a single clonefd_info structure:
> > 
> >                      struct clonefd_info {
> >                          uint32_t code;   /* Signal code */
> >                          uint32_t status; /* Exit status or signal */
> >                          uint64_t utime;  /* User CPU time */
> >                          uint64_t stime;  /* System CPU time */
> >                      };
> 
> This would appear to assume that a clonefd_info structure is the only
> thing that will ever be read from this descriptor.  It seems to me that
> there is the potential for, someday, wanting to be able to read and write
> other things as well.  Should this structure be marked with type and
> length fields so that other structures could be added in the future?

I don't think it makes sense for a caller to get an arbitrary structure
on read(), and have to figure out what they got and ignore something
they don't understand.  Instead, I think it makes more sense for the
caller to say "Hey, here's a flag saying I understand the new thing, go
ahead and give me the new thing".  So, for instance, if you want to
receive SIGSTOP/SIGCONT messages for child processes through this
descriptor, we could add a flag for that.

- Josh Triplett
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