F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC implementation

One more small change to extend the availability of creation of file
descriptors with FD_CLOEXEC set.  Adding a new command to fcntl() requires
no new system call and the overall impact on code size if minimal.

If this patch gets accepted we will also add this change to the next
revision of the POSIX spec.

To test the patch, use the following little program.  Adjust the value of
F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC appropriately.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#ifndef F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC
# define F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC 12
#endif

int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  if  (argc > 1)
    {
      if (fcntl (3, F_GETFD) == 0)
	{
	  puts ("descriptor not closed");
	  exit (1);
	}
      if (errno != EBADF)
	{
	  puts ("error not EBADF");
	  exit (1);
	}

      exit (0);
    }
  int fd = fcntl (STDOUT_FILENO, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, 0);
  if (fd == -1 && errno == EINVAL)
    {
      puts ("F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC not supported");
      return 0;
    }
  if (fd != 3)
    {
      puts ("program called with descriptors other than 0,1,2");
      return 1;
    }

  execl ("/proc/self/exe", "/proc/self/exe", "1", NULL);
  puts ("execl failed");
  return 1;
}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/fcntl.h b/include/linux/fcntl.h
index 40b93265d4b..86037400a6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@
 
 #include <asm/fcntl.h>
 
-/* Cancel a blocking posix lock; internal use only until we expose an
- * asynchronous lock api to userspace: */
-#define F_CANCELLK	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE+5)
+#define F_SETLEASE	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 0)
+#define F_GETLEASE	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 1)
 
-#define F_SETLEASE	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE+0)
-#define F_GETLEASE	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE+1)
+/*
+ * Cancel a blocking posix lock; internal use only until we expose an
+ * asynchronous lock api to userspace:
+ */
+#define F_CANCELLK	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 5)
+
+/* Create a file descriptor with FD_CLOEXEC set. */
+#define F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 6)
 
 /*
  * Request nofications on a directory.