Re: linux-next: manual merge of the pidfd tree with Linus' tree

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Mon Jul 08 2019 - 20:20:05 EST


Hi all,

On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 20:35:13 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the pidfd tree got a conflict in:
>
> kernel/fork.c
>
> between commits:
>
> 9014143bab2f ("fork: don't check parent_tidptr with CLONE_PIDFD")
> 6fd2fe494b17 ("copy_process(): don't use ksys_close() on cleanups")
>
> from Linus' tree and commit:
>
> 7f192e3cd316 ("fork: add clone3")
>
> from the pidfd tree.
>
> I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as necessary. This
> is now fixed as far as linux-next is concerned, but any non trivial
> conflicts should be mentioned to your upstream maintainer when your tree
> is submitted for merging. You may also want to consider cooperating
> with the maintainer of the conflicting tree to minimise any particularly
> complex conflicts.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell
>
> diff --cc kernel/fork.c
> index 947bc0161f9c,4114a044822c..000000000000
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@@ -1755,7 -1794,7 +1776,8 @@@ static __latent_entropy struct task_str
> int pidfd = -1, retval;
> struct task_struct *p;
> struct multiprocess_signals delayed;
> + struct file *pidfile = NULL;
> + u64 clone_flags = args->flags;
>
> /*
> * Don't allow sharing the root directory with processes in a different
> @@@ -2030,16 -2070,7 +2050,16 @@@
> goto bad_fork_free_pid;
>
> pidfd = retval;
> +
> + pidfile = anon_inode_getfile("[pidfd]", &pidfd_fops, pid,
> + O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
> + if (IS_ERR(pidfile)) {
> + put_unused_fd(pidfd);
> + goto bad_fork_free_pid;
> + }
> + get_pid(pid); /* held by pidfile now */
> +
> - retval = put_user(pidfd, parent_tidptr);
> + retval = put_user(pidfd, args->pidfd);
> if (retval)
> goto bad_fork_put_pidfd;
> }

I am still getting this conflict (the commit ids may have changed).
Just a reminder in case you think Linus may need to know.

--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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