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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h')
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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h index c27a4e238e4b..957db425d459 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h @@ -43,21 +43,6 @@ #define PIDFD_COREDUMP_ROOT (1U << 3) /* coredump was done as root. */ /* - * The concept of process and threads in userland and the kernel is a confusing - * one - within the kernel every thread is a 'task' with its own individual PID, - * however from userland's point of view threads are grouped by a single PID, - * which is that of the 'thread group leader', typically the first thread - * spawned. - * - * To cut the Gideon knot, for internal kernel usage, we refer to - * PIDFD_SELF_THREAD to refer to the current thread (or task from a kernel - * perspective), and PIDFD_SELF_THREAD_GROUP to refer to the current thread - * group leader... - */ -#define PIDFD_SELF_THREAD -10000 /* Current thread. */ -#define PIDFD_SELF_THREAD_GROUP -20000 /* Current thread group leader. */ - -/* * ...and for userland we make life simpler - PIDFD_SELF refers to the current * thread, PIDFD_SELF_PROCESS refers to the process thread group leader. * |