26 files changed, 235 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig
index 3f5320f46de2..f591026347a5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ config KVM
 	bool "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
 	depends on MMU && OF
 	select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select ARM_GIC
 	select ARM_GIC_V3
 	select ARM_GIC_V3_ITS
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
index a3f85624313e..a67121d419a2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ config KVM
 	depends on OF
 	select MMU_NOTIFIER
 	select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT
 	select HAVE_KVM_ARCH_TLB_FLUSH_ALL
 	select KVM_MMIO
diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/mips/kvm/Kconfig
index 4528bc9c3cb1..eac25aef21e0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ config KVM
 	depends on MIPS_FP_SUPPORT
 	select EXPORT_UASM
 	select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select KVM_GENERIC_DIRTYLOG_READ_PROTECT
 	select HAVE_KVM_VCPU_ASYNC_IOCTL
 	select KVM_MMIO
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
index bfdde04e4905..f53997a8ca62 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ if VIRTUALIZATION
 config KVM
 	bool
 	select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD
 	select HAVE_KVM_VCPU_ASYNC_IOCTL
 	select SRCU
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig
index 767453faacfc..1816ee48eadd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ config KVM
 	prompt "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
 	depends on HAVE_KVM
 	select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT
 	select HAVE_KVM_VCPU_ASYNC_IOCTL
 	select HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0a3cc347143f..e7212731cffb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ config X86
 	#
 	select ACPI_LEGACY_TABLES_LOOKUP	if ACPI
 	select ACPI_SYSTEM_POWER_STATES_SUPPORT	if ACPI
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T			if X86_32
 	select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
 	select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_INIT
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
index 72fa955f4a15..fc042419e670 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ config KVM
 	depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
 	select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
 	select MMU_NOTIFIER
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP
 	select HAVE_KVM_IRQFD
 	select IRQ_BYPASS_MANAGER
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 059700ea3521..03f067da12ee 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ source "drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig"
 config DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
 	bool
 	default n
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select IRQ_WORK
 	help
 	  This option enables the framework for buffer-sharing between
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
index 536e55d3919f..f3e4bc490cf0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ config TCG_CRB
 config TCG_VTPM_PROXY
 	tristate "VTPM Proxy Interface"
 	depends on TCG_TPM
-	select ANON_INODES
 	---help---
 	  This driver proxies for an emulated TPM (vTPM) running in userspace.
 	  A device /dev/vtpmx is provided that creates a device pair
diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/Kconfig b/drivers/dma-buf/Kconfig
index 2e5a0faa2cb1..3fc9c2efc583 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ menu "DMABUF options"
 config SYNC_FILE
 	bool "Explicit Synchronization Framework"
 	default n
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
 	---help---
 	  The Sync File Framework adds explicit syncronization via
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
index 3f50526a771f..0f91600c27ae 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ config ARCH_HAVE_CUSTOM_GPIO_H
 
 menuconfig GPIOLIB
 	bool "GPIO Support"
-	select ANON_INODES
 	help
 	  This enables GPIO support through the generic GPIO library.
 	  You only need to enable this, if you also want to enable
diff --git a/drivers/iio/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
index d08aeb41cd07..1dec0fecb6ef 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 menuconfig IIO
 	tristate "Industrial I/O support"
-	select ANON_INODES
 	help
 	  The industrial I/O subsystem provides a unified framework for
 	  drivers for many different types of embedded sensors using a
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/Kconfig
index a1fb840de45d..d318bab25860 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/Kconfig
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ config INFINIBAND_USER_MAD
 
 config INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS
 	tristate "InfiniBand userspace access (verbs and CM)"
-	select ANON_INODES
 	depends on MMU
 	---help---
 	  Userspace InfiniBand access support.  This enables the
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/Kconfig b/drivers/vfio/Kconfig
index 9de5ed38da83..3798d77d131c 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vfio/Kconfig
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ menuconfig VFIO
 	tristate "VFIO Non-Privileged userspace driver framework"
 	depends on IOMMU_API
 	select VFIO_IOMMU_TYPE1 if (X86 || S390 || ARM || ARM64)
-	select ANON_INODES
 	help
 	  VFIO provides a framework for secure userspace device drivers.
 	  See Documentation/vfio.txt for more details.
diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index 427fec226fae..35945f8139e6 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS) += proc_namespace.o
 
 obj-y				+= notify/
 obj-$(CONFIG_EPOLL)		+= eventpoll.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_ANON_INODES)	+= anon_inodes.o
+obj-y				+= anon_inodes.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SIGNALFD)		+= signalfd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TIMERFD)		+= timerfd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EVENTFD)		+= eventfd.o
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig
index 735bfb2e9190..521dc91d2cb5 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config FANOTIFY
 	bool "Filesystem wide access notification"
 	select FSNOTIFY
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select EXPORTFS
 	default n
 	---help---
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig
index b981fc0c8379..0161c74e76e2 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config INOTIFY_USER
 	bool "Inotify support for userspace"
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select FSNOTIFY
 	default y
 	---help---
diff --git a/include/linux/pid.h b/include/linux/pid.h
index b6f4ba16065a..3c8ef5a199ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ struct pid
 
 extern struct pid init_struct_pid;
 
+extern const struct file_operations pidfd_fops;
+
 static inline struct pid *get_pid(struct pid *pid)
 {
 	if (pid)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sched.h b/include/uapi/linux/sched.h
index 22627f80063e..ed4ee170bee2 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/sched.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #define CLONE_FS	0x00000200	/* set if fs info shared between processes */
 #define CLONE_FILES	0x00000400	/* set if open files shared between processes */
 #define CLONE_SIGHAND	0x00000800	/* set if signal handlers and blocked signals shared */
+#define CLONE_PIDFD	0x00001000	/* set if a pidfd should be placed in parent */
 #define CLONE_PTRACE	0x00002000	/* set if we want to let tracing continue on the child too */
 #define CLONE_VFORK	0x00004000	/* set if the parent wants the child to wake it up on mm_release */
 #define CLONE_PARENT	0x00008000	/* set if we want to have the same parent as the cloner */
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 4592bf7997c0..be8f97e37a76 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1171,9 +1171,6 @@ config LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
 config SYSCTL
 	bool
 
-config ANON_INODES
-	bool
-
 config HAVE_UID16
 	bool
 
@@ -1378,14 +1375,12 @@ config HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG
 config EPOLL
 	bool "Enable eventpoll support" if EXPERT
 	default y
-	select ANON_INODES
 	help
 	  Disabling this option will cause the kernel to be built without
 	  support for epoll family of system calls.
 
 config SIGNALFD
 	bool "Enable signalfd() system call" if EXPERT
-	select ANON_INODES
 	default y
 	help
 	  Enable the signalfd() system call that allows to receive signals
@@ -1395,7 +1390,6 @@ config SIGNALFD
 
 config TIMERFD
 	bool "Enable timerfd() system call" if EXPERT
-	select ANON_INODES
 	default y
 	help
 	  Enable the timerfd() system call that allows to receive timer
@@ -1405,7 +1399,6 @@ config TIMERFD
 
 config EVENTFD
 	bool "Enable eventfd() system call" if EXPERT
-	select ANON_INODES
 	default y
 	help
 	  Enable the eventfd() system call that allows to receive both
@@ -1516,7 +1509,6 @@ config KALLSYMS_BASE_RELATIVE
 # syscall, maps, verifier
 config BPF_SYSCALL
 	bool "Enable bpf() system call"
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select BPF
 	select IRQ_WORK
 	default n
@@ -1533,7 +1525,6 @@ config BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON
 
 config USERFAULTFD
 	bool "Enable userfaultfd() system call"
-	select ANON_INODES
 	depends on MMU
 	help
 	  Enable the userfaultfd() system call that allows to intercept and
@@ -1600,7 +1591,6 @@ config PERF_EVENTS
 	bool "Kernel performance events and counters"
 	default y if PROFILING
 	depends on HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
-	select ANON_INODES
 	select IRQ_WORK
 	select SRCU
 	help
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index fbe9dfcd8680..8b03d93ba068 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  * management can be a bitch. See 'mm/memory.c': 'copy_page_range()'
  */
 
+#include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/sched/autogroup.h>
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/task.h>
 #include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
 #include <linux/sched/cputime.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/rtmutex.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
@@ -1670,6 +1672,58 @@ static inline void rcu_copy_process(struct task_struct *p)
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
 }
 
+static int pidfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct pid *pid = file->private_data;
+
+	file->private_data = NULL;
+	put_pid(pid);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+static void pidfd_show_fdinfo(struct seq_file *m, struct file *f)
+{
+	struct pid_namespace *ns = proc_pid_ns(file_inode(m->file));
+	struct pid *pid = f->private_data;
+
+	seq_put_decimal_ull(m, "Pid:\t", pid_nr_ns(pid, ns));
+	seq_putc(m, '\n');
+}
+#endif
+
+const struct file_operations pidfd_fops = {
+	.release = pidfd_release,
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+	.show_fdinfo = pidfd_show_fdinfo,
+#endif
+};
+
+/**
+ * pidfd_create() - Create a new pid file descriptor.
+ *
+ * @pid:  struct pid that the pidfd will reference
+ *
+ * This creates a new pid file descriptor with the O_CLOEXEC flag set.
+ *
+ * Note, that this function can only be called after the fd table has
+ * been unshared to avoid leaking the pidfd to the new process.
+ *
+ * Return: On success, a cloexec pidfd is returned.
+ *         On error, a negative errno number will be returned.
+ */
+static int pidfd_create(struct pid *pid)
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = anon_inode_getfd("[pidfd]", &pidfd_fops, get_pid(pid),
+			      O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		put_pid(pid);
+
+	return fd;
+}
+
 /*
  * This creates a new process as a copy of the old one,
  * but does not actually start it yet.
@@ -1682,13 +1736,14 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 					unsigned long clone_flags,
 					unsigned long stack_start,
 					unsigned long stack_size,
+					int __user *parent_tidptr,
 					int __user *child_tidptr,
 					struct pid *pid,
 					int trace,
 					unsigned long tls,
 					int node)
 {
-	int retval;
+	int pidfd = -1, retval;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	struct multiprocess_signals delayed;
 
@@ -1738,6 +1793,31 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
+	if (clone_flags & CLONE_PIDFD) {
+		int reserved;
+
+		/*
+		 * - CLONE_PARENT_SETTID is useless for pidfds and also
+		 *   parent_tidptr is used to return pidfds.
+		 * - CLONE_DETACHED is blocked so that we can potentially
+		 *   reuse it later for CLONE_PIDFD.
+		 * - CLONE_THREAD is blocked until someone really needs it.
+		 */
+		if (clone_flags &
+		    (CLONE_DETACHED | CLONE_PARENT_SETTID | CLONE_THREAD))
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+		/*
+		 * Verify that parent_tidptr is sane so we can potentially
+		 * reuse it later.
+		 */
+		if (get_user(reserved, parent_tidptr))
+			return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
+
+		if (reserved != 0)
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Force any signals received before this point to be delivered
 	 * before the fork happens.  Collect up signals sent to multiple
@@ -1944,6 +2024,22 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * This has to happen after we've potentially unshared the file
+	 * descriptor table (so that the pidfd doesn't leak into the child
+	 * if the fd table isn't shared).
+	 */
+	if (clone_flags & CLONE_PIDFD) {
+		retval = pidfd_create(pid);
+		if (retval < 0)
+			goto bad_fork_free_pid;
+
+		pidfd = retval;
+		retval = put_user(pidfd, parent_tidptr);
+		if (retval)
+			goto bad_fork_put_pidfd;
+	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 	p->plug = NULL;
 #endif
@@ -2004,7 +2100,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	 */
 	retval = cgroup_can_fork(p);
 	if (retval)
-		goto bad_fork_free_pid;
+		goto bad_fork_put_pidfd;
 
 	/*
 	 * From this point on we must avoid any synchronous user-space
@@ -2119,6 +2215,9 @@ bad_fork_cancel_cgroup:
 	spin_unlock(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 	cgroup_cancel_fork(p);
+bad_fork_put_pidfd:
+	if (clone_flags & CLONE_PIDFD)
+		ksys_close(pidfd);
 bad_fork_free_pid:
 	cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(current);
 	if (pid != &init_struct_pid)
@@ -2184,7 +2283,7 @@ static inline void init_idle_pids(struct task_struct *idle)
 struct task_struct *fork_idle(int cpu)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task;
-	task = copy_process(CLONE_VM, 0, 0, NULL, &init_struct_pid, 0, 0,
+	task = copy_process(CLONE_VM, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, &init_struct_pid, 0, 0,
 			    cpu_to_node(cpu));
 	if (!IS_ERR(task)) {
 		init_idle_pids(task);
@@ -2236,7 +2335,7 @@ long _do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
 			trace = 0;
 	}
 
-	p = copy_process(clone_flags, stack_start, stack_size,
+	p = copy_process(clone_flags, stack_start, stack_size, parent_tidptr,
 			 child_tidptr, NULL, trace, tls, NUMA_NO_NODE);
 	add_latent_entropy();
 
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 227ba170298e..cd83cc376767 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3513,7 +3513,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(kill, pid_t, pid, int, sig)
 	return kill_something_info(sig, &info, pid);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 /*
  * Verify that the signaler and signalee either are in the same pid namespace
  * or that the signaler's pid namespace is an ancestor of the signalee's pid
@@ -3550,6 +3549,14 @@ static int copy_siginfo_from_user_any(kernel_siginfo_t *kinfo, siginfo_t *info)
 	return copy_siginfo_from_user(kinfo, info);
 }
 
+static struct pid *pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file)
+{
+	if (file->f_op == &pidfd_fops)
+		return file->private_data;
+
+	return tgid_pidfd_to_pid(file);
+}
+
 /**
  * sys_pidfd_send_signal - send a signal to a process through a task file
  *                          descriptor
@@ -3586,7 +3593,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(pidfd_send_signal, int, pidfd, int, sig,
 		return -EBADF;
 
 	/* Is this a pidfd? */
-	pid = tgid_pidfd_to_pid(f.file);
+	pid = pidfd_to_pid(f.file);
 	if (IS_ERR(pid)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(pid);
 		goto err;
@@ -3620,7 +3627,6 @@ err:
 	fdput(f);
 	return ret;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 static int
 do_send_specific(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info)
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index d21f4befaea4..4d9ae5ea6caf 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -167,9 +167,6 @@ COND_SYSCALL(syslog);
 
 /* kernel/sched/core.c */
 
-/* kernel/signal.c */
-COND_SYSCALL(pidfd_send_signal);
-
 /* kernel/sys.c */
 COND_SYSCALL(setregid);
 COND_SYSCALL(setgid);
diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
index b1142a958811..fadadb1c3b05 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile
+++ b/samples/Makefile
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES)	+= kobject/ kprobes/ trace_events/ livepatch/ \
 			   hw_breakpoint/ kfifo/ kdb/ hidraw/ rpmsg/ seccomp/ \
 			   configfs/ connector/ v4l/ trace_printk/ \
-			   vfio-mdev/ statx/ qmi/ binderfs/
+			   vfio-mdev/ statx/ qmi/ binderfs/ pidfd/
diff --git a/samples/pidfd/Makefile b/samples/pidfd/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ff97784177a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/pidfd/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+hostprogs-y := pidfd-metadata
+always := $(hostprogs-y)
+HOSTCFLAGS_pidfd-metadata.o += -I$(objtree)/usr/include
+all: pidfd-metadata
diff --git a/samples/pidfd/pidfd-metadata.c b/samples/pidfd/pidfd-metadata.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..640f5f757c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/pidfd/pidfd-metadata.c
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <err.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#ifndef CLONE_PIDFD
+#define CLONE_PIDFD 0x00001000
+#endif
+
+static int do_child(void *args)
+{
+	printf("%d\n", getpid());
+	_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+
+static pid_t pidfd_clone(int flags, int *pidfd)
+{
+	size_t stack_size = 1024;
+	char *stack[1024] = { 0 };
+
+#ifdef __ia64__
+	return __clone2(do_child, stack, stack_size, flags | SIGCHLD, NULL, pidfd);
+#else
+	return clone(do_child, stack + stack_size, flags | SIGCHLD, NULL, pidfd);
+#endif
+}
+
+static inline int sys_pidfd_send_signal(int pidfd, int sig, siginfo_t *info,
+					unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_pidfd_send_signal, pidfd, sig, info, flags);
+}
+
+static int pidfd_metadata_fd(pid_t pid, int pidfd)
+{
+	int procfd, ret;
+	char path[100];
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%d", pid);
+	procfd = open(path, O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+	if (procfd < 0) {
+		warn("Failed to open %s\n", path);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Verify that the pid has not been recycled and our /proc/<pid> handle
+	 * is still valid.
+	 */
+	ret = sys_pidfd_send_signal(pidfd, 0, NULL, 0);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		switch (errno) {
+		case EPERM:
+			/* Process exists, just not allowed to signal it. */
+			break;
+		default:
+			warn("Failed to signal process\n");
+			close(procfd);
+			procfd = -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return procfd;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int pidfd = 0, ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+	char buf[4096] = { 0 };
+	pid_t pid;
+	int procfd, statusfd;
+	ssize_t bytes;
+
+	pid = pidfd_clone(CLONE_PIDFD, &pidfd);
+	if (pid < 0)
+		exit(ret);
+
+	procfd = pidfd_metadata_fd(pid, pidfd);
+	close(pidfd);
+	if (procfd < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	statusfd = openat(procfd, "status", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+	close(procfd);
+	if (statusfd < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	bytes = read(statusfd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	if (bytes > 0)
+		bytes = write(STDOUT_FILENO, buf, bytes);
+	close(statusfd);
+	ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+out:
+	(void)wait(NULL);
+
+	exit(ret);
+}