flag parameters: epoll_create

This patch adds the new epoll_create2 syscall.  It extends the old epoll_create
syscall by one parameter which is meant to hold a flag value.  In this
patch the only flag support is EPOLL_CLOEXEC which causes the close-on-exec
flag for the returned file descriptor to be set.

A new name EPOLL_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.

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

#ifndef __NR_epoll_create2
# ifdef __x86_64__
#  define __NR_epoll_create2 291
# elif defined __i386__
#  define __NR_epoll_create2 329
# else
#  error "need __NR_epoll_create2"
# endif
#endif

#define EPOLL_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC

int
main (void)
{
  int fd = syscall (__NR_epoll_create2, 1, 0);
  if (fd == -1)
    {
      puts ("epoll_create2(0) failed");
      return 1;
    }
  int coe = fcntl (fd, F_GETFD);
  if (coe == -1)
    {
      puts ("fcntl failed");
      return 1;
    }
  if (coe & FD_CLOEXEC)
    {
      puts ("epoll_create2(0) set close-on-exec flag");
      return 1;
    }
  close (fd);

  fd = syscall (__NR_epoll_create2, 1, EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
  if (fd == -1)
    {
      puts ("epoll_create2(EPOLL_CLOEXEC) failed");
      return 1;
    }
  coe = fcntl (fd, F_GETFD);
  if (coe == -1)
    {
      puts ("fcntl failed");
      return 1;
    }
  if ((coe & FD_CLOEXEC) == 0)
    {
      puts ("epoll_create2(EPOLL_CLOEXEC) set close-on-exec flag");
      return 1;
    }
  close (fd);

  puts ("OK");

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

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, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/eventpoll.h b/include/linux/eventpoll.h
index cf79853967ff..1cfaa40059c8 100644
--- a/include/linux/eventpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/eventpoll.h
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_EVENTPOLL_H
 #define _LINUX_EVENTPOLL_H
 
+/* For O_CLOEXEC */
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+/* Flags for epoll_create2.  */
+#define EPOLL_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
 
 /* Valid opcodes to issue to sys_epoll_ctl() */
 #define EPOLL_CTL_ADD 1