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-rw-r--r--include/linux/prctl.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h12
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/prctl.h b/include/linux/prctl.h
index a0413ac3abe8..e0cfec2490aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/prctl.h
@@ -121,4 +121,7 @@
#define PR_SET_PTRACER 0x59616d61
# define PR_SET_PTRACER_ANY ((unsigned long)-1)
+#define PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER 36
+#define PR_GET_CHILD_SUBREAPER 37
+
#endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 0c147a4260a5..0c3854b0d4b1 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -553,6 +553,18 @@ struct signal_struct {
int group_stop_count;
unsigned int flags; /* see SIGNAL_* flags below */
+ /*
+ * PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER marks a process, like a service
+ * manager, to re-parent orphan (double-forking) child processes
+ * to this process instead of 'init'. The service manager is
+ * able to receive SIGCHLD signals and is able to investigate
+ * the process until it calls wait(). All children of this
+ * process will inherit a flag if they should look for a
+ * child_subreaper process at exit.
+ */
+ unsigned int is_child_subreaper:1;
+ unsigned int has_child_subreaper:1;
+
/* POSIX.1b Interval Timers */
struct list_head posix_timers;