pid: add pidfd_get_task() helper
The number of system calls making use of pidfds is constantly
increasing. Some of those new system calls duplicate the code to turn a
pidfd into task_struct it refers to. Give them a simple helper for this.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211004125050.1153693-2-christian.brauner@ubuntu.com
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Matthew Bobrowski <repnop@google.com>
Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Bobrowski <repnop@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
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- David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>:
- Also document that the caller is expected to decrease the reference
count on the returned task.
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