Re: [PATCH 2.6.9] fork: add a hook in do_fork()

From: Guillaume Thouvenin (Guillaume.Thouvenin_at_Bull.net)
Date: 11/23/04

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    To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:09:21 +0100

    On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 09:56 +0100, Guillaume Thouvenin wrote:
    > On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 00:06 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
    > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 07:03:17AM +0100, Guillaume Thouvenin wrote:
    > > >
    > > > I don't know if this solution is good but it's easy to implement and
    > > > it just does the trick. I made some tests and it doesn't impact the
    > > > performance of the Linux kernel.
    > >
    > > What's wrong with the LSM hook already available for you to use for this
    > > function?
    > >
    > > thanks,
    >
    > Is it possible to get the parent PID and the child PID which are
    > involved when the fork occurred?

    I tried to use LSM and it works because "current" holds the pointer to
    the parent. Thus, with fields "pid" and "children" I can have the
    information.

    So thank you very much for the hint,
    Guillaume

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