return pid;
}
+/**
+ * pidfd_get_task() - Get the task associated with a pidfd
+ *
+ * @pidfd: pidfd for which to get the task
+ * @flags: flags associated with this pidfd
+ *
+ * Return the task associated with @pidfd. The function takes a reference on
+ * the returned task. The caller is responsible for releasing that reference.
+ *
+ * Currently, the process identified by @pidfd is always a thread-group leader.
+ * This restriction currently exists for all aspects of pidfds including pidfd
+ * creation (CLONE_PIDFD cannot be used with CLONE_THREAD) and pidfd polling
+ * (only supports thread group leaders).
+ *
+ * Return: On success, the task_struct associated with the pidfd.
+ * On error, a negative errno number will be returned.
+ */
+struct task_struct *pidfd_get_task(int pidfd, unsigned int *flags)
+{
+ unsigned int f_flags;
+ struct pid *pid;
+ struct task_struct *task;
+
+ pid = pidfd_get_pid(pidfd, &f_flags);
+ if (IS_ERR(pid))
+ return ERR_CAST(pid);
+
+ task = get_pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_TGID);
+ put_pid(pid);
+ if (!task)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
+
+ *flags = f_flags;
+ return task;
+}
+
/**
* pidfd_create() - Create a new pid file descriptor.
*