linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] selftests: add tests for pidfd_send

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Message-ID: <20190108175415.GA22353@mail.hallyn.com>
Date:   Tue, 8 Jan 2019 11:54:15 -0600
From:   "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
To:     Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>
Cc:     Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        luto@...nel.org, arnd@...db.de, serge@...lyn.com,
        keescook@...omium.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jannh@...gle.com,
        oleg@...hat.com, cyphar@...har.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, dancol@...gle.com,
        timmurray@...gle.com, fweimer@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        x86@...nel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] selftests: add tests for pidfd_send_signal()

On Tue, Jan 08, 2019 at 10:53:06AM -0700, Tycho Andersen wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 05:16:54PM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > +			/*
> > +			 * Stop the child so we can inspect whether we have
> > +			 * recycled pid PID_RECYCLE.
> > +			 */
> > +			close(pipe_fds[0]);
> > +			ret = kill(recycled_pid, SIGSTOP);
> > +			close(pipe_fds[1]);
> > +			if (ret) {
> > +				(void)wait_for_pid(recycled_pid);
> > +				_exit(PIDFD_ERROR);
> > +			}
> 
> Sorry for being late to the party, but I wonder if this whole thing
> couldn't be simplified with /proc/sys/kenrel/ns_last_pid?

no, bc it's not namespaced :)