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LICENSED03-May-202419.8 KiB386319

READMED03-May-20241.1 KiB2921

doc.goD03-May-20242.6 KiB611

go.modD03-May-202462 42

psx.cD03-May-202418.4 KiB641354

psx.goD03-May-2024318 168

psx_cgo.goD03-May-20242.1 KiB6629

psx_cgo_test.goD03-May-20241 KiB4126

psx_syscall.hD03-May-20242.8 KiB7525

psx_test.goD03-May-20241.9 KiB6957

README

1Package "psx" provides an API for invoking system calls in a way that
2each system call is mirrored on all OS threads of the combined Go/CGo
3runtime. Since the Go runtime treats OS threads as interchangeable, a
4feature like this is needed to meaningfully change process privilege
5(including dropping privilege) in a Go program running on Linux. This
6package is required by:
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8   "kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/libcap/cap"
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10When compiled CGO_ENABLED=0, the functionality requires go1.16+ to
11build. That release of Go introduced syscall.AllThreadsSyscall*()
12APIs.  When compiled this way, the "psx" package functions
13psx.Syscall3() and psx.Syscall6() are aliased to
14syscall.AllThreadsSyscall() and syscall.AllThreadsSyscall6()
15respectively.
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17When compiled CGO_ENABLED=1, the functionality is implemented by C
18code, [lib]psx, which is distributed with libcap.
19
20The official release announcement site for libcap and libpsx is:
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22   https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
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24Like libcap/libpsx itself, the "psx" package is distributed with a
25"you choose" License. Specifically: BSD three clause, or GPL2. See the
26LICENSE file.
27
28Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
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