1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/pid.h b/include/linux/pid.h
index 49f1c2f66e95..b152d44fb181 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ enum pid_type
  * quickly from the numeric pid value.  The attached processes may be
  * quickly accessed by following pointers from struct pid.
  *
- * Storing pid_t values in the kernel and refering to them later has a
+ * Storing pid_t values in the kernel and referring to them later has a
  * problem.  The process originally with that pid may have exited and the
  * pid allocator wrapped, and another process could have come along
  * and been assigned that pid.
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ extern struct pid_namespace init_pid_ns;
  * or rcu_read_lock() held.
  *
  * find_pid_ns() finds the pid in the namespace specified
- * find_vpid() finr the pid by its virtual id, i.e. in the current namespace
+ * find_vpid() finds the pid by its virtual id, i.e. in the current namespace
  *
  * see also find_task_by_vpid() set in include/linux/sched.h
  */
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ extern struct pid *find_vpid(int nr);
  */
 extern struct pid *find_get_pid(int nr);
 extern struct pid *find_ge_pid(int nr, struct pid_namespace *);
-int next_pidmap(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns, int last);
+int next_pidmap(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns, unsigned int last);
 
 extern struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespace *ns);
 extern void free_pid(struct pid *pid);
@@ -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;