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pidfd_getfd

Implemented in Antinomie 0.7.0 · Syscall list

long pidfd_getfd(int pidfd, int fd, unsigned int flags);
Number (x86-64) 438
ABI common
Kernel entry point sys_pidfd_getfd

This is the raw kernel prototype from the pinned Linux 6.12.94 schema, not the libc wrapper.

Duplicates a file descriptor from another process, identified by a pid file descriptor.

Name Type Meaning
pidfd (arg0) int File descriptor referring to a process.
fd (arg1) int File descriptor to operate on.
flags (arg2) unsigned int Option flags that change the behavior of the call.

On success: A new file descriptor (a non-negative number).

In an Antinomie trace the Return column and the ret filter field show the raw kernel return value. On failure that is the negative errno, for example -2 for ENOENT, not the -1 plus errno that the libc wrapper gives. syscall.errno holds the positive errno and syscall.success is false.

Raw return Name Meaning
-9 EBADF A file descriptor is not valid for this operation.
-1 EPERM The operation is not permitted for this process.

pidfd_getfd(2) on man7.org

Coverage mark: Implemented. All arguments are plain values, recorded as the raw argument words at entry. There is no pointee to copy and no known gap.

Every call is recorded as an Entry record (the six argument words and the pointees copied at entry) and an Exit record (the return value and the pointees copied at exit).

Argument When How Recorded field key Condition
pidfd (arg0) Entry raw scalar word args.0, args.pidfd
fd (arg1) Entry raw scalar word args.1, args.fd
flags (arg2) Entry raw scalar word; Syscall Trace also decodes it into flag names (unknown group), listing unknown bits separately args.2, args.flags
  • Result: ret, syscall.errno, syscall.success, syscall.duration_ns.
  • Argument words: args.pidfd (arg0), args.fd (arg1), args.flags (arg2); args.0 to args.5 by position.

See Syscall Trace filter for the full syntax.

For what the capture statuses mean, see Capture statuses. For what is never recorded, see Known gaps.