Re: [PATCH 1/4] kernel: add a helper to get an owning user namespace for a namespace
From: Serge E. Hallyn <hidden>
Date: 2016-08-31 02:56:08
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From: Serge E. Hallyn <hidden>
Date: 2016-08-31 02:56:08
Also in:
linux-fsdevel, lkml
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 04:08:08PM -0700, Andrei Vagin wrote:
+struct ns_common *ns_get_owner(struct ns_common *ns)
+{
+ struct user_namespace *my_user_ns = current_user_ns();
+ struct user_namespace *owner, *p;
+
+ /* See if the owner is in the current user namespace */
+ owner = p = ns->ops->get_owner(ns);
+ for (;;) {
+ if (!p)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+ if (p == my_user_ns)
+ break;
+ p = p->parent;
+ }
+
+ return &get_user_ns(owner)->ns;get_user_ns() bumps the owner's refcount. I don't see where this is being dropped, especially when ns_ioctl() uses it in the next patch.