kernel_optimize_test/kernel
Linus Torvalds a9dce6679d pidfd patches for v5.1-rc1
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Merge tag 'pidfd-v5.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brauner/linux

Pull pidfd system call from Christian Brauner:
 "This introduces the ability to use file descriptors from /proc/<pid>/
  as stable handles on struct pid. Even if a pid is recycled the handle
  will not change. For a start these fds can be used to send signals to
  the processes they refer to.

  With the ability to use /proc/<pid> fds as stable handles on struct
  pid we can fix a long-standing issue where after a process has exited
  its pid can be reused by another process. If a caller sends a signal
  to a reused pid it will end up signaling the wrong process.

  With this patchset we enable a variety of use cases. One obvious
  example is that we can now safely delegate an important part of
  process management - sending signals - to processes other than the
  parent of a given process by sending file descriptors around via scm
  rights and not fearing that the given process will have been recycled
  in the meantime. It also allows for easy testing whether a given
  process is still alive or not by sending signal 0 to a pidfd which is
  quite handy.

  There has been some interest in this feature e.g. from systems
  management (systemd, glibc) and container managers. I have requested
  and gotten comments from glibc to make sure that this syscall is
  suitable for their needs as well. In the future I expect it to take on
  most other pid-based signal syscalls. But such features are left for
  the future once they are needed.

  This has been sitting in linux-next for quite a while and has not
  caused any issues. It comes with selftests which verify basic
  functionality and also test that a recycled pid cannot be signaled via
  a pidfd.

  Jon has written about a prior version of this patchset. It should
  cover the basic functionality since not a lot has changed since then:

      https://lwn.net/Articles/773459/

  The commit message for the syscall itself is extensively documenting
  the syscall, including it's functionality and extensibility"

* tag 'pidfd-v5.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brauner/linux:
  selftests: add tests for pidfd_send_signal()
  signal: add pidfd_send_signal() syscall
2019-03-16 13:47:14 -07:00
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bpf Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2019-03-11 08:54:01 -07:00
cgroup Merge branch 'work.mount' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 14:08:19 -07:00
configs
debug
dma memblock: drop memblock_alloc_*_nopanic() variants 2019-03-12 10:04:02 -07:00
events The biggest change for this release is in the histogram code. 2019-03-11 17:01:32 -07:00
gcov kernel/gcov/gcc_3_4.c: use struct_size() in kzalloc() 2019-03-07 18:32:02 -08:00
irq This is the bulk of GPIO changes for the v5.1 cycle: 2019-03-08 10:09:53 -08:00
livepatch Merge branch 'for-5.1/atomic-replace' into for-linus 2019-03-05 15:56:59 +01:00
locking locking/lockdep: Only call init_rcu_head() after RCU has been initialized 2019-03-09 14:15:51 +01:00
power treewide: add checks for the return value of memblock_alloc*() 2019-03-12 10:04:02 -07:00
printk fbdev changes for v5.1: 2019-03-15 14:22:59 -07:00
rcu Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-03-06 07:59:36 -08:00
sched Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-03-06 10:31:36 -08:00
time Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-03-05 14:49:11 -08:00
trace for-5.1/block-post-20190315 2019-03-16 12:36:39 -07:00
.gitignore kernel/configs: use .incbin directive to embed config_data.gz 2019-03-07 18:32:02 -08:00
acct.c
async.c
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c
audit.c
audit.h
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
compat.c
configs.c kernel/configs: use .incbin directive to embed config_data.gz 2019-03-07 18:32:02 -08:00
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c
crash_core.c kexec: export PG_offline to VMCOREINFO 2019-03-05 21:07:14 -08:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c Merge branch 'for-5.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2019-03-07 10:11:41 -08:00
extable.c
fail_function.c
fork.c 5.1 Merge Window Pull Request 2019-03-09 15:53:03 -08:00
freezer.c
futex.c Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-03-06 07:17:17 -08:00
groups.c
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: Use continuously blocked time when reporting. 2019-03-07 18:31:59 -08:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: convert kcov.refcount to refcount_t 2019-03-07 18:32:02 -08:00
kexec_core.c
kexec_file.c
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c
kmod.c
kprobes.c
ksysfs.c
kthread.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-03-06 10:31:36 -08:00
latencytop.c
Makefile kernel/configs: use .incbin directive to embed config_data.gz 2019-03-07 18:32:02 -08:00
memremap.c
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c dynamic_debug: add static inline stub for ddebug_add_module 2019-03-07 18:32:00 -08:00
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c kernel/panic.c: taint: fix debugfs_simple_attr.cocci warnings 2019-03-07 18:31:59 -08:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c
pid.c
profile.c
ptrace.c
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 13:27:20 -07:00
resource.c device-dax for 5.1 2019-03-16 13:05:32 -07:00
rseq.c
seccomp.c Merge branch 'next-general' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2019-03-07 11:44:01 -08:00
signal.c pidfd patches for v5.1-rc1 2019-03-16 13:47:14 -07:00
smp.c
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c
stackleak.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c pidfd patches for v5.1-rc1 2019-03-16 13:47:14 -07:00
sys.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-03-07 19:25:37 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl.c kernel/sysctl.c: define minmax conv functions in terms of non-minmax versions 2019-03-12 10:04:00 -07:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
ucount.c
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c
up.c
user_namespace.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog_hld.c
watchdog.c
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c Merge branch 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-03-10 13:48:14 -07:00