lk/linux-kernel-test
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Releases Wiki Activity

procfs: allow threads to rename siblings via /proc/pid/tasks/tid/comm

Browse Source 
Setting a thread's comm to be something unique is a very useful ability
and is helpful for debugging complicated threaded applications.  However
currently the only way to set a thread name is for the thread to name
itself via the PR_SET_NAME prctl.

However, there may be situations where it would be advantageous for a
thread dispatcher to be naming the threads its managing, rather then
having the threads self-describe themselves.  This sort of behavior is
available on other systems via the pthread_setname_np() interface.

This patch exports a task's comm via proc/pid/comm and
proc/pid/task/tid/comm interfaces, and allows thread siblings to write to
these values.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: Mike Fulton <fultonm@ca.ibm.com>
Cc: Sean Foley <Sean_Foley@ca.ibm.com>
Cc: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This commit is contained in:
john stultz
2009-12-14 18:00:05 -08:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 7e1e0ef22c
commit 4614a696bd
3 changed files with 86 additions and 0 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

68
fs/proc/base.c
View File

@@ -1265,6 +1265,72 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_pid_sched_operations = {
#endif
static ssize_t comm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *offset)
{
struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
struct task_struct *p;
char buffer[TASK_COMM_LEN];
memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
if (count > sizeof(buffer) - 1)
count = sizeof(buffer) - 1;
if (copy_from_user(buffer, buf, count))
return -EFAULT;
p = get_proc_task(inode);
if (!p)
return -ESRCH;
if (same_thread_group(current, p))
set_task_comm(p, buffer);
else
count = -EINVAL;
put_task_struct(p);
return count;
}
static int comm_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
{
struct inode *inode = m->private;
struct task_struct *p;
p = get_proc_task(inode);
if (!p)
return -ESRCH;
task_lock(p);
seq_printf(m, "%s\n", p->comm);
task_unlock(p);
put_task_struct(p);
return 0;
}
static int comm_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
int ret;
ret = single_open(filp, comm_show, NULL);
if (!ret) {
struct seq_file *m = filp->private_data;
m->private = inode;
}
return ret;
}
static const struct file_operations proc_pid_set_comm_operations = {
.open = comm_open,
.read = seq_read,
.write = comm_write,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
.release = single_release,
};
/*
* We added or removed a vma mapping the executable. The vmas are only mapped
* during exec and are not mapped with the mmap system call.
@@ -2504,6 +2570,7 @@ static const struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
REG("sched", S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_pid_sched_operations),
#endif
REG("comm", S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_pid_set_comm_operations),
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
INF("syscall", S_IRUSR, proc_pid_syscall),
#endif
@@ -2838,6 +2905,7 @@ static const struct pid_entry tid_base_stuff[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
REG("sched", S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_pid_sched_operations),
#endif
REG("comm", S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_pid_set_comm_operations),
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
INF("syscall", S_IRUSR, proc_pid_syscall),
#endif