NAME
kcmp - compare if two processes do share a particular kernel resource
SYNOPSIS
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <unistd.h>
#include <linux/kcmp.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h> /* For SYS_xxx definitions */
int syscall(__NR_kcmp, pid1, pid2, type, idx1, idx2);
DESCRIPTION
kcmp() allows to find out if two processes identified by pid1 and pid2
share kernel resources such as virtual memory, file descriptors, file
system etc.
The comparison type is one of the following
KCMP_FILE determines whether a file descriptor idx1 in the first process
is the same as another descriptor idx2 in the second process
KCMP_VM compares whether processes share address space
KCMP_FILES compares the file descriptor arrays to see whether the
processes
share all files
KCMP_FS compares whether processes share the file system information
(the current
umask, working directory, namespace root, etc)
KCMP_SIGHAND compares whether processes share a signal handlers table
KCMP_IO compares whether processes do share I/O context, used mainly for
block I/O scheduling
KCMP_SYSVSEM compares the list of undo operations associated with SYSV
semaphores
Note the kcmp() is not protected against false positives which may have
place if tasks are running. Which means one should stop tasks being
inspected
with this syscall to obtain meaningful results.
RETURN VALUE
kcmp was designed to return values suitable for sorting. This is
particularly handy
when one have to compare a large number of file descriptors.
The return value is merely a result of simple arithmetic comparison of
kernel pointers
(when kernel compares resources, it uses their memory addresses).
The easiest way to explain is to consider an example. Lets say v1 and
v2 are the
addresses of appropriate resources, then the return value is one of the
following
0 - v1 is equal to v2 , in other words we have a shared resource here
1 - v1 is less than v2
2 - v1 is greater than v2
3 - v1 is not equal to but ordering information is unavailble.
On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcu...@openvz.org>
CC: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebied...@xmission.com>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <h...@zytor.com>
CC: Pavel Emelyanov <xe...@parallels.com>
CC: Al Viro <v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcu...@openvz.org>
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+.TH KCMP 2 2012-02-01 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+
+.SH NAME
+kcmp \- compare if two processes do share a particular kernel resource
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
+.B #include <unistd.h>
+.B #include <linux/kcmp.h>
+.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h> " "/* For SYS_xxx definitions */"
+
+.BI "int syscall(__NR_kcmp, pid1, pid2, type, idx1, idx2);"
+.fi
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+
+.BR kcmp ()
+allows to find out if two processes identified by
+.I pid1
+and
+.I pid2
+share kernel resources such as virtual memory, file descriptors, file system
etc.
+
+The comparison
+.I type
+is one of the following
+
+.BR KCMP_FILE
+determines whether a file descriptor
+.I idx1
+in the first process is the same as another descriptor
+.I idx2
+in the second process
+
+.BR KCMP_VM
+compares whether processes share address space
+
+.BR KCMP_FILES
+compares the file descriptor arrays to see whether the processes share all
files
+
+.BR KCMP_FS
+compares whether processes share the file system information (the current
umask,
+working directory, namespace root, etc)
+
+.BR KCMP_SIGHAND
+compares whether processes share a signal handlers table
+
+.BR KCMP_IO
+compares whether processes do share I/O context,
+used mainly for block I/O scheduling
+
+.BR KCMP_SYSVSEM
+compares the list of undo operations associated with SYSV semaphores
+
+Note the
+.BR kcmp ()
+is not protected against false positives which may have place if tasks are
+running.
+Which means one should stop tasks being inspected with this syscall to obtain
+meaningful results.
+
+.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+.B kcmp
+was designed to return values suitable for sorting.
+This is particularly handy when one have to compare
+a large number of file descriptors.
+
+The return value is merely a result of simple arithmetic comparison
+of kernel pointers (when kernel compares resources, it uses their
+memory addresses).
+
+The easiest way to explain is to consider an example.
+Lets say
+.I v1
+and
+.I v2
+are the addresses of appropriate resources, then the return value
+is one of the following
+
+.B 0
+\-
+.I v1
+is equal to
+.IR v2 ,
+in other words we have a shared resource here
+
+.B 1
+\-
+.I v1
+is less than
+.I v2
+
+.B 2
+\-
+.I v1
+is greater than
+.I v2
+
+.B 3
+\-
+.I v1
+is not equal to
+.IR v2 ,
+but ordering information is unavailable.
+
+On error, \-1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.
+
+.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+.BR kcmp ()
+is Linux specific and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR clone (2)
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