[PATCH] file: modify struct fown_struct to use a struct pid
File handles can be requested to send sigio and sigurg to processes. By
tracking the destination processes using struct pid instead of pid_t we make
the interface safe from all potential pid wrap around problems.
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 2e29a2e..91c0b2a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -684,7 +684,8 @@
struct fown_struct {
rwlock_t lock; /* protects pid, uid, euid fields */
- int pid; /* pid or -pgrp where SIGIO should be sent */
+ struct pid *pid; /* pid or -pgrp where SIGIO should be sent */
+ enum pid_type pid_type; /* Kind of process group SIGIO should be sent to */
uid_t uid, euid; /* uid/euid of process setting the owner */
int signum; /* posix.1b rt signal to be delivered on IO */
};
@@ -880,8 +881,10 @@
/* only for net: no internal synchronization */
extern void __kill_fasync(struct fasync_struct *, int, int);
+extern int __f_setown(struct file *filp, struct pid *, enum pid_type, int force);
extern int f_setown(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg, int force);
extern void f_delown(struct file *filp);
+extern pid_t f_getown(struct file *filp);
extern int send_sigurg(struct fown_struct *fown);
/*