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| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h | 24 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h index 4540f6301b8c..e0abd0b18841 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h @@ -23,6 +23,30 @@ #define PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER0 64 /* sizeof first published struct */ +/* + * 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, + * which is that of the 'thread group leader', typically the first thread + * spawned. + * + * To cut the Gideon knot, for internal kernel usage, we refer to + * PIDFD_SELF_THREAD to refer to the current thread (or task from a kernel + * perspective), and PIDFD_SELF_THREAD_GROUP to refer to the current thread + * group leader... + */ +#define PIDFD_SELF_THREAD -10000 /* Current thread. */ +#define PIDFD_SELF_THREAD_GROUP -20000 /* Current thread group leader. */ + +/* + * ...and for userland we make life simpler - PIDFD_SELF refers to the current + * thread, PIDFD_SELF_PROCESS refers to the process thread group leader. + * + * For nearly all practical uses, a user will want to use PIDFD_SELF. + */ +#define PIDFD_SELF PIDFD_SELF_THREAD +#define PIDFD_SELF_PROCESS PIDFD_SELF_THREAD_GROUP + struct pidfd_info { /* * This mask is similar to the request_mask in statx(2). |