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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index b24fd9bccc99..66cad5c86171 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ process running on the system, which is named after the process ID (PID). The link self points to the process reading the file system. Each process subdirectory has the entries listed in Table 1-1. +Note that an open a file descriptor to /proc/<pid> or to any of its +contained files or subdirectories does not prevent <pid> being reused +for some other process in the event that <pid> exits. Operations on +open /proc/<pid> file descriptors corresponding to dead processes +never act on any new process that the kernel may, through chance, have +also assigned the process ID <pid>. Instead, operations on these FDs +usually fail with ESRCH. Table 1-1: Process specific entries in /proc .............................................................................. @@ -194,8 +201,10 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status: CapPrm: 0000000000000000 CapEff: 0000000000000000 CapBnd: ffffffffffffffff + CapAmb: 0000000000000000 NoNewPrivs: 0 Seccomp: 0 + Speculation_Store_Bypass: thread vulnerable voluntary_ctxt_switches: 0 nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 1 @@ -215,7 +224,7 @@ asynchronous manner and the value may not be very precise. To see a precise snapshot of a moment, you can see /proc/<pid>/smaps file and scan page table. It's slow but very precise. -Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.8) +Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.19) .............................................................................. Field Content Name filename of the executable @@ -270,8 +279,10 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.8) CapPrm bitmap of permitted capabilities CapEff bitmap of effective capabilities CapBnd bitmap of capabilities bounding set + CapAmb bitmap of ambient capabilities NoNewPrivs no_new_privs, like prctl(PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIV, ...) Seccomp seccomp mode, like prctl(PR_GET_SECCOMP, ...) + Speculation_Store_Bypass speculative store bypass mitigation status Cpus_allowed mask of CPUs on which this process may run Cpus_allowed_list Same as previous, but in "list format" Mems_allowed mask of memory nodes allowed to this process |