flag parameters: eventfd

This patch adds the new eventfd2 syscall.  It extends the old eventfd
syscall by one parameter which is meant to hold a flag value.  In this
patch the only flag support is EFD_CLOEXEC which causes the close-on-exec
flag for the returned file descriptor to be set.

A new name EFD_CLOEXEC is introduced which in this implementation must
have the same value as O_CLOEXEC.

The following test must be adjusted for architectures other than x86 and
x86-64 and in case the syscall numbers changed.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>

#ifndef __NR_eventfd2
# ifdef __x86_64__
#  define __NR_eventfd2 290
# elif defined __i386__
#  define __NR_eventfd2 328
# else
#  error "need __NR_eventfd2"
# endif
#endif

#define EFD_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC

int
main (void)
{
  int fd = syscall (__NR_eventfd2, 1, 0);
  if (fd == -1)
    {
      puts ("eventfd2(0) failed");
      return 1;
    }
  int coe = fcntl (fd, F_GETFD);
  if (coe == -1)
    {
      puts ("fcntl failed");
      return 1;
    }
  if (coe & FD_CLOEXEC)
    {
      puts ("eventfd2(0) sets close-on-exec flag");
      return 1;
    }
  close (fd);

  fd = syscall (__NR_eventfd2, 1, EFD_CLOEXEC);
  if (fd == -1)
    {
      puts ("eventfd2(EFD_CLOEXEC) failed");
      return 1;
    }
  coe = fcntl (fd, F_GETFD);
  if (coe == -1)
    {
      puts ("fcntl failed");
      return 1;
    }
  if ((coe & FD_CLOEXEC) == 0)
    {
      puts ("eventfd2(EFD_CLOEXEC) does not set close-on-exec flag");
      return 1;
    }
  close (fd);

  puts ("OK");

  return 0;
}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add sys_ni stub]
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/eventfd.c b/fs/eventfd.c
index 6094265ca409..bd420e6478ad 100644
--- a/fs/eventfd.c
+++ b/fs/eventfd.c
@@ -198,11 +198,14 @@ struct file *eventfd_fget(int fd)
         return file;
 }
 
-asmlinkage long sys_eventfd(unsigned int count)
+asmlinkage long sys_eventfd2(unsigned int count, int flags)
 {
         int fd;
         struct eventfd_ctx *ctx;
 
+        if (flags & ~EFD_CLOEXEC)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
         ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!ctx)
                 return -ENOMEM;
@@ -214,9 +217,15 @@ asmlinkage long sys_eventfd(unsigned int count)
          * When we call this, the initialization must be complete, since
          * anon_inode_getfd() will install the fd.
          */
-        fd = anon_inode_getfd("[eventfd]", &eventfd_fops, ctx, 0);
+        fd = anon_inode_getfd("[eventfd]", &eventfd_fops, ctx,
+                              flags & O_CLOEXEC);
         if (fd < 0)
                 kfree(ctx);
         return fd;
 }
 
+asmlinkage long sys_eventfd(unsigned int count)
+{
+        return sys_eventfd2(count, 0);
+}
+