1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 808f375648e7..43b44199c5e3 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -413,6 +413,54 @@ unsigned long vm_commit_limit(void)
 		* sysctl_overcommit_ratio / 100) + total_swap_pages;
 }
 
+/**
+ * get_cmdline() - copy the cmdline value to a buffer.
+ * @task:     the task whose cmdline value to copy.
+ * @buffer:   the buffer to copy to.
+ * @buflen:   the length of the buffer. Larger cmdline values are truncated
+ *            to this length.
+ * Returns the size of the cmdline field copied. Note that the copy does
+ * not guarantee an ending NULL byte.
+ */
+int get_cmdline(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer, int buflen)
+{
+	int res = 0;
+	unsigned int len;
+	struct mm_struct *mm = get_task_mm(task);
+	if (!mm)
+		goto out;
+	if (!mm->arg_end)
+		goto out_mm;	/* Shh! No looking before we're done */
+
+	len = mm->arg_end - mm->arg_start;
+
+	if (len > buflen)
+		len = buflen;
+
+	res = access_process_vm(task, mm->arg_start, buffer, len, 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the nul at the end of args has been overwritten, then
+	 * assume application is using setproctitle(3).
+	 */
+	if (res > 0 && buffer[res-1] != '\0' && len < buflen) {
+		len = strnlen(buffer, res);
+		if (len < res) {
+			res = len;
+		} else {
+			len = mm->env_end - mm->env_start;
+			if (len > buflen - res)
+				len = buflen - res;
+			res += access_process_vm(task, mm->env_start,
+						 buffer+res, len, 0);
+			res = strnlen(buffer, res);
+		}
+	}
+out_mm:
+	mmput(mm);
+out:
+	return res;
+}
 
 /* Tracepoints definitions. */
 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmalloc);