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authorAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2022-01-28 15:27:40 -0300
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2022-05-17 10:32:28 -0300
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linux: Add pidfd_open
This was added on Linux 5.3 (32fcb426ec001cb6d5a4a195091a8486ea77e2df)
as a way to retrieve a pid file descriptors for process that has not
been created CLONE_PIDFD (by usual fork/clone).

Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
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@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Major new features:
   -z pack-relative-relocs option, which is supported for some targets
   in recent binutils versions.  Lazy binding doesn't apply to DT_RELR.
 
+* On Linux, the pidfd_open function has been added.  The pidfd functionality
+  provides access to a process while avoiding the issue of PID reuse on
+  tranditional Unix systems.
+
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
 * Support for prelink will be removed in the next release; this includes