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authorEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2010-03-07 18:49:36 -0800
committerEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2012-11-19 05:59:18 -0800
commit8823c079ba7136dc1948d6f6dcb5f8022bde438e (patch)
tree2b27b0a046d453c95c1b0490c0650ea586ef0f86 /fs/mount.h
parenta85fb273c94648cbf20a5f9bcf8bbbb075f271ad (diff)
downloadlinux-8823c079ba7136dc1948d6f6dcb5f8022bde438e.tar.bz2
vfs: Add setns support for the mount namespace
setns support for the mount namespace is a little tricky as an arbitrary decision must be made about what to set fs->root and fs->pwd to, as there is no expectation of a relationship between the two mount namespaces. Therefore I arbitrarily find the root mount point, and follow every mount on top of it to find the top of the mount stack. Then I set fs->root and fs->pwd to that location. The topmost root of the mount stack seems like a reasonable place to be. Bind mount support for the mount namespace inodes has the possibility of creating circular dependencies between mount namespaces. Circular dependencies can result in loops that prevent mount namespaces from every being freed. I avoid creating those circular dependencies by adding a sequence number to the mount namespace and require all bind mounts be of a younger mount namespace into an older mount namespace. Add a helper function proc_ns_inode so it is possible to detect when we are attempting to bind mound a namespace inode. Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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diff --git a/fs/mount.h b/fs/mount.h
index 4f291f9de641..e9c37dd3d00d 100644
--- a/fs/mount.h
+++ b/fs/mount.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ struct mnt_namespace {
atomic_t count;
struct mount * root;
struct list_head list;
+ u64 seq; /* Sequence number to prevent loops */
wait_queue_head_t poll;
int event;
};