Re: [PATCH 16/27] proc: Add fs_context support to procfs [ver #5]

[Al Viro]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 04:17:43PM +0100, David Howells wrote:

>  int pid_ns_prepare_proc(struct pid_namespace *ns)
>  {
> +	struct proc_fs_context *ctx;
> +	struct fs_context *fc;
>  	struct vfsmount *mnt;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	fc = vfs_new_fs_context(&proc_fs_type, NULL, 0, FS_CONTEXT_FOR_NEW);
> +	if (IS_ERR(fc))
> +		return PTR_ERR(fc);
> +
> +	ctx = container_of(fc, struct proc_fs_context, fc);
> +	if (ctx->pid_ns != ns) {
> +		put_pid_ns(ctx->pid_ns);
> +		get_pid_ns(ns);
> +		ctx->pid_ns = ns;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = vfs_get_tree(fc);
> +	if (ret < 0) {
> +		put_fs_context(fc);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
>  
> -	mnt = kern_mount_data(&proc_fs_type, ns);
> +	mnt = kern_mount_data_fc(fc);
> +	put_fs_context(fc);

Same as with ipc; do you need to go through dynamic allocation,
container_of, patching it up, etc.?