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Date:      Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:24:36 +0300
From:      Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Would we want pidfd_open(2) & SO_PEERPIDFD?
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 8:17=E2=80=AFAM Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmai=
l.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 07:10:25AM +0300, Gleb Popov wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 9:57=E2=80=AFPM Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@=
gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > The semantic of the Linux' fd returned by pidfd_open() is not compati=
ble
> > > with our pidfd.
> >
> > What's the difference, exactly?
> > I mean, it is still a descriptor and the only thing I need to do with
> > it is check if it is still open. We even have pdgetpid() to go from
> > the fd to a PID. This all looks like a perfect match to me.
>
> Read the man page for Linux pidfd_open(), and compare with our procdesc(4=
).
> The one feature _you plan to use_ might be almost identical, but everythi=
ng
> else is different.

So, that's a "no" to my original question and my way forward is
patching D-Bus itself?



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