1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/pid.h b/include/linux/pid.h
index 49f1c2f66e95..efceda0a51b1 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid.h
@@ -141,6 +141,17 @@ static inline struct pid_namespace *ns_of_pid(struct pid *pid)
 }
 
 /*
+ * is_child_reaper returns true if the pid is the init process
+ * of the current namespace. As this one could be checked before
+ * pid_ns->child_reaper is assigned in copy_process, we check
+ * with the pid number.
+ */
+static inline bool is_child_reaper(struct pid *pid)
+{
+        return pid->numbers[pid->level].nr == 1;
+}
+
+/*
  * the helpers to get the pid's id seen from different namespaces
  *
  * pid_nr()    : global id, i.e. the id seen from the init namespace;