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authorAdhemerval Zanella Netto <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2023-08-24 13:42:19 -0300
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2023-09-05 13:08:59 -0300
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linux: Add pidfd_getpid
This interface allows to obtain the associated process ID from the
process file descriptor.  It is done by parsing the procps fdinfo
information.  Its prototype is:

   pid_t pidfd_getpid (int fd)

It returns the associated pid or -1 in case of an error and sets the
errno accordingly.  The possible errno values are those from open, read,
and close (used on procps parsing), along with:

   - EBADF if the FD is negative, does not have a PID associated, or if
     the fdinfo fields contain a value larger than pid_t.

   - EREMOTE if the PID is in a separate namespace.

   - ESRCH if the process is already terminated.

Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu on Linux 4.15 (no CLONE_PIDFD or waitid
support), Linux 5.4 (full support), and Linux 6.2.

Reviewed-by: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
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@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Major new features:
   The pidfd functionality avoids the issue of PID reuse with the traditional
   posix_spawn interface.
 
+* On Linux, the pidfd_getpid function has been added.  It allows retrieving
+  the process ID associated with the process file descriptor created by
+  pid_spawn, fork_np, or pidfd_open.
+
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
   [Add deprecations, removals and changes affecting compatibility here]