1 files changed, 19 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index d40017e79ebe..01f8ba32cc0c 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@ static struct kmem_cache *create_pid_cachep(unsigned int level)
 	return READ_ONCE(*pkc);
 }
 
-static void proc_cleanup_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct pid_namespace *ns = container_of(work, struct pid_namespace, proc_work);
-	pid_ns_release_proc(ns);
-}
-
 static struct ucounts *inc_pid_namespaces(struct user_namespace *ns)
 {
 	return inc_ucount(ns, current_euid(), UCOUNT_PID_NAMESPACES);
@@ -114,7 +108,6 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(struct user_namespace *user_ns
 	ns->user_ns = get_user_ns(user_ns);
 	ns->ucounts = ucounts;
 	ns->pid_allocated = PIDNS_ADDING;
-	INIT_WORK(&ns->proc_work, proc_cleanup_work);
 
 	return ns;
 
@@ -231,20 +224,27 @@ void zap_pid_ns_processes(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns)
 	} while (rc != -ECHILD);
 
 	/*
-	 * kernel_wait4() above can't reap the EXIT_DEAD children but we do not
-	 * really care, we could reparent them to the global init. We could
-	 * exit and reap ->child_reaper even if it is not the last thread in
-	 * this pid_ns, free_pid(pid_allocated == 0) calls proc_cleanup_work(),
-	 * pid_ns can not go away until proc_kill_sb() drops the reference.
+	 * kernel_wait4() misses EXIT_DEAD children, and EXIT_ZOMBIE
+	 * process whose parents processes are outside of the pid
+	 * namespace.  Such processes are created with setns()+fork().
+	 *
+	 * If those EXIT_ZOMBIE processes are not reaped by their
+	 * parents before their parents exit, they will be reparented
+	 * to pid_ns->child_reaper.  Thus pidns->child_reaper needs to
+	 * stay valid until they all go away.
+	 *
+	 * The code relies on the the pid_ns->child_reaper ignoring
+	 * SIGCHILD to cause those EXIT_ZOMBIE processes to be
+	 * autoreaped if reparented.
 	 *
-	 * But this ns can also have other tasks injected by setns()+fork().
-	 * Again, ignoring the user visible semantics we do not really need
-	 * to wait until they are all reaped, but they can be reparented to
-	 * us and thus we need to ensure that pid->child_reaper stays valid
-	 * until they all go away. See free_pid()->wake_up_process().
+	 * Semantically it is also desirable to wait for EXIT_ZOMBIE
+	 * processes before allowing the child_reaper to be reaped, as
+	 * that gives the invariant that when the init process of a
+	 * pid namespace is reaped all of the processes in the pid
+	 * namespace are gone.
 	 *
-	 * We rely on ignored SIGCHLD, an injected zombie must be autoreaped
-	 * if reparented.
+	 * Once all of the other tasks are gone from the pid_namespace
+	 * free_pid() will awaken this task.
 	 */
 	for (;;) {
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);