pid: get pid_t ppid of task in init_pid_ns
authorRichard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Thu, 15 Aug 2013 22:05:12 +0000 (18:05 -0400)
committerEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:11:54 +0000 (10:11 -0400)
Added the functions task_ppid_nr_ns() and task_ppid_nr() to abstract the lookup
of the PPID (real_parent's pid_t) of a process, including rcu locking, in the
arbitrary and init_pid_ns.
This provides an alternative to sys_getppid(), which is relative to the child
process' pid namespace.

(informed by ebiederman's 6c621b7e)
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
include/linux/sched.h

Simple merge