Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] selftests: add tests for pidfd_send_signal()

From: Tycho Andersen
Date: Tue Jan 08 2019 - 12:53:12 EST


On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 05:16:54PM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> + /*
> + * Stop the child so we can inspect whether we have
> + * recycled pid PID_RECYCLE.
> + */
> + close(pipe_fds[0]);
> + ret = kill(recycled_pid, SIGSTOP);
> + close(pipe_fds[1]);
> + if (ret) {
> + (void)wait_for_pid(recycled_pid);
> + _exit(PIDFD_ERROR);
> + }

Sorry for being late to the party, but I wonder if this whole thing
couldn't be simplified with /proc/sys/kenrel/ns_last_pid?

Tycho