pidfs, coredump: add PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP

Extend the PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP ioctl() with the new PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP
mask flag. This adds the @coredump_mask field to struct pidfd_info.

When a task coredumps the kernel will provide the following information
to userspace in @coredump_mask:

* PIDFD_COREDUMPED is raised if the task did actually coredump.
* PIDFD_COREDUMP_SKIP is raised if the task skipped coredumping (e.g.,
  undumpable).
* PIDFD_COREDUMP_USER is raised if this is a regular coredump and
  doesn't need special care by the coredump server.
* PIDFD_COREDUMP_ROOT is raised if the generated coredump should be
  treated as sensitive and the coredump server should restrict to the
  generated coredump to sufficiently privileged users.

The kernel guarantees that by the time the connection is made the all
PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP info is available.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250516-work-coredump-socket-v8-5-664f3caf2516@kernel.org
Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@canonical.com>
Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h
index 8c1511edd0e9..c27a4e238e4b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h
@@ -25,10 +25,24 @@
 #define PIDFD_INFO_CREDS		(1UL << 1) /* Always returned, even if not requested */
 #define PIDFD_INFO_CGROUPID		(1UL << 2) /* Always returned if available, even if not requested */
 #define PIDFD_INFO_EXIT			(1UL << 3) /* Only returned if requested. */
+#define PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP		(1UL << 4) /* Only returned if requested. */
 
 #define PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER0		64 /* sizeof first published struct */
 
 /*
+ * Values for @coredump_mask in pidfd_info.
+ * Only valid if PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP is set in @mask.
+ *
+ * Note, the @PIDFD_COREDUMP_ROOT flag indicates that the generated
+ * coredump should be treated as sensitive and access should only be
+ * granted to privileged users.
+ */
+#define PIDFD_COREDUMPED	(1U << 0) /* Did crash and... */
+#define PIDFD_COREDUMP_SKIP	(1U << 1) /* coredumping generation was skipped. */
+#define PIDFD_COREDUMP_USER	(1U << 2) /* coredump was done as the user. */
+#define PIDFD_COREDUMP_ROOT	(1U << 3) /* coredump was done as root. */
+
+/*
  * The concept of process and threads in userland and the kernel is a confusing
  * one - within the kernel every thread is a 'task' with its own individual PID,
  * however from userland's point of view threads are grouped by a single PID,
@@ -92,6 +106,8 @@ struct pidfd_info {
 	__u32 fsuid;
 	__u32 fsgid;
 	__s32 exit_code;
+	__u32 coredump_mask;
+	__u32 __spare1;
 };
 
 #define PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC 0xFF