[PATCH -mm 7/9] unshare system call : allow unsharing of namespace

From: JANAK DESAI
Date: Tue Dec 13 2005 - 08:45:11 EST



[PATCH -mm 7/9] unshare system call: allow unsharing of namespace


fs/namespace.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
include/linux/namespace.h | 1
kernel/fork.c | 16 +++++++++----
3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)


diff -Naurp 2.6.15-rc5-mm2+patch/fs/namespace.c 2.6.15-rc5-mm2+patch7/fs/namespace.c
--- 2.6.15-rc5-mm2+patch/fs/namespace.c 2005-12-12 18:27:20.000000000 +0000
+++ 2.6.15-rc5-mm2+patch7/fs/namespace.c 2005-12-12 22:01:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1314,7 +1314,11 @@ dput_out:
return retval;
}

-int copy_namespace(int flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
+/*
+ * Allocate a new namespace structure and populate it with contents
+ * copied from the namespace of the passed in task structure.
+ */
+struct namespace *dup_namespace(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
struct namespace *namespace = tsk->namespace;
struct namespace *new_ns;
@@ -1322,19 +1326,6 @@ int copy_namespace(int flags, struct tas
struct fs_struct *fs = tsk->fs;
struct vfsmount *p, *q;

- if (!namespace)
- return 0;
-
- get_namespace(namespace);
-
- if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWNS))
- return 0;
-
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
- put_namespace(namespace);
- return -EPERM;
- }
-
new_ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!new_ns)
goto out;
@@ -1385,8 +1376,6 @@ int copy_namespace(int flags, struct tas
}
up_write(&namespace_sem);

- tsk->namespace = new_ns;
-
if (rootmnt)
mntput(rootmnt);
if (pwdmnt)
@@ -1394,12 +1383,40 @@ int copy_namespace(int flags, struct tas
if (altrootmnt)
mntput(altrootmnt);

- put_namespace(namespace);
- return 0;
+out:
+ return new_ns;
+}
+
+int copy_namespace(int flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ struct namespace *namespace = tsk->namespace;
+ struct namespace *new_ns;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ if (!namespace)
+ return 0;
+
+ get_namespace(namespace);
+
+ if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWNS))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+ err = -EPERM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ new_ns = dup_namespace(tsk);
+ if (!new_ns) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ tsk->namespace = new_ns;

out:
put_namespace(namespace);
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return err;
}

asmlinkage long sys_mount(char __user * dev_name, char __user * dir_name,
diff -Naurp 2.6.15-rc5-mm2+patch/include/linux/namespace.h 2.6.15-rc5-mm2+patch7/include/linux/namespace.h
--- 2.6.15-rc5-mm2+patch/include/linux/namespace.h 2005-12-12 18:27:38.000000000 +0000
+++ 2.6.15-rc5-mm2+patch7/include/linux/namespace.h 2005-12-12 22:01:57.000000000 +0000
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ struct namespace {

extern int copy_namespace(int, struct task_struct *);
extern void __put_namespace(struct namespace *namespace);
+extern struct namespace *dup_namespace(struct task_struct *);

static inline void put_namespace(struct namespace *namespace)
{
diff -Naurp 2.6.15-rc5-mm2+patch/kernel/fork.c 2.6.15-rc5-mm2+patch7/kernel/fork.c
--- 2.6.15-rc5-mm2+patch/kernel/fork.c 2005-12-12 19:31:48.000000000 +0000
+++ 2.6.15-rc5-mm2+patch7/kernel/fork.c 2005-12-12 21:58:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -1392,16 +1392,22 @@ static int unshare_fs(unsigned long unsh
}

/*
- * Unsharing of namespace for tasks created without CLONE_NEWNS is not
- * supported yet
+ * Unshare the namespace structure if it is being shared
*/
static int unshare_namespace(unsigned long unshare_flags, struct namespace **new_nsp)
{
- struct namespace *ns = current->namespace;
+ struct namespace *ns = current->namespace, *new_ns;

if ((unshare_flags & CLONE_NEWNS) &&
- (ns && atomic_read(&ns->count) > 1))
- return -EINVAL;
+ (ns && atomic_read(&ns->count) > 1)) {
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ new_ns = dup_namespace(current);
+ if (!new_ns)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ *new_nsp = new_ns;
+ }

return 0;
}


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