From: pmeda@akamai.com A while back we added the PR_SET_NAME prctl, but no PR_GET_NAME. I guess we should add this, if only to enable testing of PR_SET_NAME. Signed-off-by: Prasanna Meda Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- 25-akpm/include/linux/prctl.h | 1 + 25-akpm/kernel/sys.c | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff -puN include/linux/prctl.h~add-pr_get_name include/linux/prctl.h --- 25/include/linux/prctl.h~add-pr_get_name 2004-12-03 20:56:02.036450600 -0800 +++ 25-akpm/include/linux/prctl.h 2004-12-03 20:56:02.041449840 -0800 @@ -50,5 +50,6 @@ process timing */ #define PR_SET_NAME 15 /* Set process name */ +#define PR_GET_NAME 16 /* Get process name */ #endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */ diff -puN kernel/sys.c~add-pr_get_name kernel/sys.c --- 25/kernel/sys.c~add-pr_get_name 2004-12-03 20:56:02.038450296 -0800 +++ 25-akpm/kernel/sys.c 2004-12-03 20:56:02.042449688 -0800 @@ -1689,6 +1689,15 @@ asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, un set_task_comm(me, ncomm); return 0; } + case PR_GET_NAME: { + struct task_struct *me = current; + unsigned char tcomm[sizeof(me->comm)]; + + get_task_comm(tcomm, me); + if (copy_to_user((char __user *)arg2, tcomm, sizeof(tcomm))) + return -EFAULT; + return 0; + } default: error = -EINVAL; break; _