netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v7 1/4] scm: add SO_PASSPIDFD and SCM

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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:26:53 +0200
From: Aleksandr Mikhalitsyn <aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@...onical.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, 
	David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, 
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>, 
	Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@...inter.de>, Luca Boccassi <bluca@...ian.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 1/4] scm: add SO_PASSPIDFD and SCM_PIDFD

On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 11:19 AM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 10:26 PM Alexander Mikhalitsyn
> <aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@...onical.com> wrote:
> >
> > Implement SCM_PIDFD, a new type of CMSG type analogical to SCM_CREDENTIALS,
> > but it contains pidfd instead of plain pid, which allows programmers not
> > to care about PID reuse problem.
> >
> > We mask SO_PASSPIDFD feature if CONFIG_UNIX is not builtin because
> > it depends on a pidfd_prepare() API which is not exported to the kernel
> > modules.
> >
> > Idea comes from UAPI kernel group:
> > https://uapi-group.org/kernel-features/
> >
> > Big thanks to Christian Brauner and Lennart Poettering for productive
> > discussions about this.
> >
> > Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> > Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> > Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
> > Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> > Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
> > Cc: Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@...inter.de>
> > Cc: Luca Boccassi <bluca@...ian.org>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
> > Tested-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@...ian.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@...onical.com>
> > ---
>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks, Eric!

Kind regards,
Alex