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c/r: prctl: add ability to get clear_tid_address
authorCyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
Thu, 7 Jun 2012 21:21:12 +0000 (14:21 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 7 Jun 2012 21:43:55 +0000 (14:43 -0700)
commit2edc0643cdfff3f32f89ed3ec6e59864cbab5f2d
tree156c63abe6caaf885e439af30b7d883a33ba501d
parent9f9791cec09e02ad7ba058c4a8fd2af1385227fc
c/r: prctl: add ability to get clear_tid_address

Zero is written at clear_tid_address when the process exits.  This
functionality is used by pthread_join().

We already have sys_set_tid_address() to change this address for the
current task but there is no way to obtain it from user space.

Without the ability to find this address and dump it we can't restore
pthread'ed apps which call pthread_join() once they have been restored.

This patch introduces the PR_GET_TID_ADDRESS prctl option which allows
the current process to obtain own clear_tid_address.

This feature is available iif CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE is set.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix prctl numbering]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Vagin <avagin@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
Cc: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/prctl.h
kernel/sys.c