linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: allow killing processes via file descriptors

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Date:   Sun, 18 Nov 2018 08:03:15 -0800
From:   Daniel Colascione <dancol@...gle.com>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
Cc:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tim Murray <timmurray@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: allow killing processes via file descriptors

On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 3:17 AM, Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io> wrote:
> +static int proc_tgid_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> +{
> +       /* grab reference to struct pid */
> +       file->private_data = get_pid(proc_pid(inode));

Why grab another reference to the struct pid when the inode already has one?