Re: + fork-unshare-remove-dead-code.patch added to -mm tree

[Oleg Nesterov]

> --- a/kernel/fork.c~fork-unshare-remove-dead-code
> +++ a/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -1792,10 +1792,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(unshare, unsigned long,
>  			exit_sem(current);
>  		}
>
> -		if (new_nsproxy) {
> +		if (new_nsproxy)
>  			switch_task_namespaces(current, new_nsproxy);
> -			new_nsproxy = NULL;
> -		}
>
>  		task_lock(current);
>
> @@ -1819,9 +1817,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(unshare, unsigned long,
>  		task_unlock(current);
>  	}
>
> -	if (new_nsproxy)
> -		put_nsproxy(new_nsproxy);
> -

Agreed.

Perhaps it also makes sense to kill
"if (new_fs || new_fd || do_sysvsem || new_nsproxy)" ? This check
buys nothing. And without this check it is obvious why we do not
need put_nsproxy() after this block.

Oleg.

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