Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] fork: extend clone3() to support setting a PID

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 11/13, Adrian Reber wrote:
>
> @@ -175,23 +187,47 @@ struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespace *ns)
>  
>  	for (i = ns->level; i >= 0; i--) {
>  		int pid_min = 1;

Well, this is really minor but again, pid_min is only used in the "else"
branch below, you can move this declaration there.

> +
> +		if (set_tid_size) {
> +			tid = set_tid[ns->level - i];
> +			if (tid < 1 || tid >= pid_max)
> +				return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +			/* Also fail if a PID != 1 is requested and no PID 1 exists */
> +			if (tid != 1 && !tmp->child_reaper)
> +				return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +			if (!ns_capable(tmp->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> +				return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
> +		}
>  
>  		idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
>  		spin_lock_irq(&pidmap_lock);
>  
> -		/*
> -		 * init really needs pid 1, but after reaching the maximum
> -		 * wrap back to RESERVED_PIDS
> -		 */
> -		if (idr_get_cursor(&tmp->idr) > RESERVED_PIDS)
> -			pid_min = RESERVED_PIDS;
> -
> -		/*
> -		 * Store a null pointer so find_pid_ns does not find
> -		 * a partially initialized PID (see below).
> -		 */
> -		nr = idr_alloc_cyclic(&tmp->idr, NULL, pid_min,
> -				      pid_max, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +		if (tid) {
> +			nr = idr_alloc(&tmp->idr, NULL, tid,
> +				       tid + 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +			/*
> +			 * If ENOSPC is returned it means that the PID is
> +			 * alreay in use. Return EEXIST in that case.
> +			 */
> +			if (nr == -ENOSPC)
> +				nr = -EEXIST;
> +			set_tid_size--;
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
May I ask you to move this decrement into the "if (set_tid_size)" block above?

Oleg.