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-rw-r--r--fs/proc/Kconfig6
-rw-r--r--fs/proc/base.c5
-rw-r--r--fs/proc/kcore.c4
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/Kconfig b/fs/proc/Kconfig
index d751fcb637bb..1ade1206bb89 100644
--- a/fs/proc/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/proc/Kconfig
@@ -75,3 +75,9 @@ config PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
config PROC_CHILDREN
bool "Include /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/children file"
default n
+ help
+ Provides a fast way to retrieve first level children pids of a task. See
+ <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> for more information.
+
+ Say Y if you are running any user-space software which takes benefit from
+ this interface. For example, rkt is such a piece of software.
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 87782e874b6a..aa50d1ac28fc 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_cmdline_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
len1 = arg_end - arg_start;
len2 = env_end - env_start;
+ /* Empty ARGV. */
+ if (len1 == 0) {
+ rv = 0;
+ goto out_free_page;
+ }
/*
* Inherently racy -- command line shares address space
* with code and data.
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index 91a4e6426321..92e6726f6e37 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static size_t get_kcore_size(int *nphdr, size_t *elf_buflen)
roundup(sizeof(CORE_STR), 4)) +
roundup(sizeof(struct elf_prstatus), 4) +
roundup(sizeof(struct elf_prpsinfo), 4) +
- roundup(sizeof(struct task_struct), 4);
+ roundup(arch_task_struct_size, 4);
*elf_buflen = PAGE_ALIGN(*elf_buflen);
return size + *elf_buflen;
}
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static void elf_kcore_store_hdr(char *bufp, int nphdr, int dataoff)
/* set up the task structure */
notes[2].name = CORE_STR;
notes[2].type = NT_TASKSTRUCT;
- notes[2].datasz = sizeof(struct task_struct);
+ notes[2].datasz = arch_task_struct_size;
notes[2].data = current;
nhdr->p_filesz += notesize(&notes[2]);