linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] pidfd: add pidfd

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a3VK77OvRPY-nozEGbcfHks6YdcyE7cY_2UEN9nfy=hRg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:57:28 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] pidfd: add pidfd_wait()

On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 10:24 AM Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io> wrote:
>
> > It would be nice to introduce it in a separate patch, and then use it
> > to kill off
> > compat_sys_getrusage() and compat_sys_wait4(), and possibly even
> > compat_sys_waitid() in combination with your copy_siginfo_to_user_any().
> > That could be done as a cleanup patch afterwards, or as part of your series.
>
> Right, but we won't go the syscall route but instead go the P_PIDFD
> route for waitid(). :)

Ah, of course, nevermind then. It would still be a useful cleanup, but
many other things would be as well.

      Arnd