1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/tracehook.h b/include/linux/tracehook.h
index 9a5b3be2503a..6468ca0fe69b 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracehook.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracehook.h
@@ -73,6 +73,24 @@ static inline int tracehook_unsafe_exec(struct task_struct *task)
 }
 
 /**
+ * tracehook_tracer_task - return the task that is tracing the given task
+ * @tsk:                task to consider
+ *
+ * Returns NULL if noone is tracing @task, or the &struct task_struct
+ * pointer to its tracer.
+ *
+ * Must called under rcu_read_lock().  The pointer returned might be kept
+ * live only by RCU.  During exec, this may be called with task_lock()
+ * held on @task, still held from when tracehook_unsafe_exec() was called.
+ */
+static inline struct task_struct *tracehook_tracer_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+        if (task_ptrace(tsk) & PT_PTRACED)
+                return rcu_dereference(tsk->parent);
+        return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
  * tracehook_report_exec - a successful exec was completed
  * @fmt:                &struct linux_binfmt that performed the exec
  * @bprm:               &struct linux_binprm containing exec details