re the code works.  It's so much longer than
the actual patch...

#include <errno.h>
#include <error.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/un.h>

#ifndef O_CLOEXEC
# define O_CLOEXEC 02000000
#endif
#ifndef MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC
# define MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC 0x40000000
#endif

int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  if (argc > 1)
    {
      int fd = atol (argv[1]);
      printf ("child: fd = %d\n", fd);
      if (fcntl (fd, F_GETFD) == 0 || errno != EBADF)
        {
          puts ("file descriptor valid in child");
          return 1;
        }
      return 0;

    }

  struct sockaddr_un sun;
  strcpy (sun.sun_path, "./testsocket");
  sun.sun_family = AF_UNIX;

  char databuf[] = "hello";
  struct iovec iov[1];
  iov[0].iov_base = databuf;
  iov[0].iov_len = sizeof (databuf);

  union
  {
    struct cmsghdr hdr;
    char bytes[CMSG_SPACE (sizeof (int))];
  } buf;
  struct msghdr msg = { .msg_iov = iov, .msg_iovlen = 1,
                        .msg_control = buf.bytes,
                        .msg_controllen = sizeof (buf) };
  struct cmsghdr *cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR (&msg);

  cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
  cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS;
  cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN (sizeof (int));

  msg.msg_controllen = cmsg->cmsg_len;

  pid_t child = fork ();
  if (child == -1)
    error (1, errno, "fork");
  if (child == 0)
    {
      int sock = socket (PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
      if (sock < 0)
        error (1, errno, "socket");

      if (bind (sock, (struct sockaddr *) &sun, sizeof (sun)) < 0)
        error (1, errno, "bind");
      if (listen (sock, SOMAXCONN) < 0)
        error (1, errno, "listen");

      int conn = accept (sock, NULL, NULL);
      if (conn == -1)
        error (1, errno, "accept");

      *(int *) CMSG_DATA (cmsg) = sock;
      if (sendmsg (conn, &msg, MSG_NOSIGNAL) < 0)
        error (1, errno, "sendmsg");

      return 0;
    }

  /* For a test suite this should be more robust like a
     barrier in shared memory.  */
  sleep (1);

  int sock = socket (PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
  if (sock < 0)
    error (1, errno, "socket");

  if (connect (sock, (struct sockaddr *) &sun, sizeof (sun)) < 0)
    error (1, errno, "connect");
  unlink (sun.sun_path);

  *(int *) CMSG_DATA (cmsg) = -1;

  if (recvmsg (sock, &msg, MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC) < 0)
    error (1, errno, "recvmsg");

  int fd = *(int *) CMSG_DATA (cmsg);
  if (fd == -1)
    error (1, 0, "no descriptor received");

  char fdname[20];
  snprintf (fdname, sizeof (fdname), "%d", fd);
  execl ("/proc/self/exe", argv[0], fdname, NULL);
  puts ("execl failed");
  return 1;
}

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: Fix fastcall inconsistency noted by Michael Buesch]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix]
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@gmx.net>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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