linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] signal: add the "int si_code" arg to prepare_kill

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Date: Fri,  9 Feb 2024 17:13:23 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.pizza>,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] signal: add the "int si_code" arg to prepare_kill_siginfo()

On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:06:20 +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> So that do_tkill() can use this helper too. This also simplifies
> the next patch.
> 
> TODO: perhaps we can kill prepare_kill_siginfo() and change the
> callers to use SEND_SIG_NOINFO,  but this needs some changes in
> __send_signal_locked() and TP_STORE_SIGINFO().
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.pidfd branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.pidfd branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.pidfd

[1/2] signal: add the "int si_code" arg to prepare_kill_siginfo()
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/3a363602809c
[2/2] pidfd: change pidfd_send_signal() to respect PIDFD_THREAD
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/2885a4b3358d