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r: 176321
b: refs/heads/master
c: 4614a69
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  176319: 350c463
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7e1e0ef22c9ba9f797d7c4448feee722584bba5c
+refs/heads/master: 4614a696bd1c3a9af3a08f0e5874830a85b889d4

trunk/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Table of Contents
   3.3	/proc/<pid>/io - Display the IO accounting fields
   3.4	/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter - Core dump filtering settings
   3.5	/proc/<pid>/mountinfo - Information about mounts
+  3.6	/proc/<pid>/comm  & /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/comm
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1409,3 +1410,11 @@ For more information on mount propagation see:
 
   Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
 
+
+3.6	/proc/<pid>/comm  & /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/comm
+--------------------------------------------------------
+These files provide a method to access a tasks comm value. It also allows for
+a task to set its own or one of its thread siblings comm value. The comm value
+is limited in size compared to the cmdline value, so writing anything longer
+then the kernel's TASK_COMM_LEN (currently 16 chars) will result in a truncated
+comm value.

trunk/fs/exec.c

@@ -923,6 +923,15 @@ char *get_task_comm(char *buf, struct task_struct *tsk)
 void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, char *buf)
 {
 	task_lock(tsk);
+
+	/*
+	 * Threads may access current->comm without holding
+	 * the task lock, so write the string carefully.
+	 * Readers without a lock may see incomplete new
+	 * names but are safe from non-terminating string reads.
+	 */
+	memset(tsk->comm, 0, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+	wmb();
 	strlcpy(tsk->comm, buf, sizeof(tsk->comm));
 	task_unlock(tsk);
 	perf_event_comm(tsk);

trunk/fs/proc/base.c

@@ -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