Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] pidfd: add PIDFD_SELF* sentinels to refer to own thread/process

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 08:40:26PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com wrote:

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com

include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h | 24 +++++++++ kernel/pid.c | 24 +++++++-- kernel/signal.c | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 3 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

Practical idea, thanks.

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h

• • To cut the Gideon knot, for internal kernel usage, we refer to

A nit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_Knot

(if still applicable)

Michal