On Thu, 2015-03-19 at 19:47 +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:45:09AM +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> > From: Ian Kent <ik...@redhat.com>
> >
> > The mnt_namespace definition will be needed by the usermode helper
> > contained execution implementation, move it to include/linux/mount.h.
>
> I really don't like that. AFAICS, the root of the evil is that fscking
> nsproxy keeps a pointer to mnt_namespace while all it really needs to
> know about is the address of ns_common field embedded into it. Let's see...
Thought that might be the case.
>
> fs/namespace.c:697: struct mnt_namespace *ns = current->nsproxy->mnt_ns;
> fs/namespace.c:770: return mnt->mnt_ns == current->nsproxy->mnt_ns;
> fs/namespace.c:1502: return ns_capable(current->nsproxy->mnt_ns->user_ns,
> CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
> fs/namespace.c:1587: return current->nsproxy->mnt_ns->seq >= mnt_ns->seq;
> fs/namespace.c:2293: struct user_namespace *user_ns =
> current->nsproxy->mnt_ns->user_ns;
> fs/namespace.c:2961: touch_mnt_namespace(current->nsproxy->mnt_ns);
> fs/namespace.c:3003: init_task.nsproxy->mnt_ns = ns;
> fs/namespace.c:3101: ns_root.mnt = ¤t->nsproxy->mnt_ns->root->mnt;
> fs/namespace.c:3119: struct mnt_namespace *ns = current->nsproxy->mnt_ns;
> fs/namespace.c:3159: ns = &nsproxy->mnt_ns->ns;
> fs/namespace.c:3187: put_mnt_ns(nsproxy->mnt_ns);
> fs/namespace.c:3188: nsproxy->mnt_ns = mnt_ns;
> fs/pnode.c:282: user_ns = current->nsproxy->mnt_ns->user_ns;
> fs/proc_namespace.c:246: if (!nsp || !nsp->mnt_ns) {
> fs/proc_namespace.c:251: ns = nsp->mnt_ns;
> include/linux/nsproxy.h:33: struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns;
> kernel/nsproxy.c:37: .mnt_ns = NULL,
> kernel/nsproxy.c:70: new_nsp->mnt_ns = copy_mnt_ns(flags,
> tsk->nsproxy->mnt_ns, user_ns, new_fs);
> kernel/nsproxy.c:71: if (IS_ERR(new_nsp->mnt_ns)) {
> kernel/nsproxy.c:72: err = PTR_ERR(new_nsp->mnt_ns);
> kernel/nsproxy.c:113: if (new_nsp->mnt_ns)
> kernel/nsproxy.c:114: put_mnt_ns(new_nsp->mnt_ns);
> kernel/nsproxy.c:160: if (ns->mnt_ns)
> kernel/nsproxy.c:161: put_mnt_ns(ns->mnt_ns);
>
> OK, so we need
>
> a) add in fs/mount.h
> static inline struct mnt_namespace *current_mnt_ns(void)
> {
> return current->nsproxy->mnt_ns;
> }
>
> and replace a lot of open-coded instances.
>
> b) lift to_mnt_ns() into fs/mount.h (as static inline)
>
> c) switch put_mnt_ns() to struct ns_common *, replacing put_mnt_ns(ns)
> with put_mnt_ns(&ns->ns) and using to_mnt_ns() in the body to recover
> the original.
>
> d) make copy_mnt_ns() take and return struct ns_common * (same treatment as
> for
> put_mnt_ns() in (c); replace
> new_nsp->mnt_ns = copy_mnt_ns(flags, tsk->nsproxy->mnt_ns, user_ns,
> new_fs);
> if (IS_ERR(new_nsp->mnt_ns)) {
> err = PTR_ERR(new_nsp->mnt_ns);
> goto out_ns;
> }
> with
> ns = copy_mnt_ns(flags, &tsk->nsproxy->mnt_ns->ns, user_ns, new_fs);
> if (IS_ERR(ns)) {
> err = PTR_ERR(ns);
> goto out_ns;
> }
> new_nsp->mnt_ns = to_mnt_ns(ns);
>
> e) replace struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns with struct ns_common *__mnt_ns in
> nsproxy.h, deal with users of mnt_ns by
> * everywhere in the tree replace put_mnt_ns(&...->mnt_ns->ns) with
> put_mnt_ns(...->__mnt_ns) (i.e. modify the lines modified by (c) again).
> * in fs/namespace.c replace
> init_task.nsproxy->mnt_ns = ns;
> with
> init_task.nsproxy->__mnt_ns = &ns->ns;
> replace
> ns = &nsproxy->mnt_ns->ns;
> with
> ns = nsproxy->__mnt_ns;
> replace
> nsproxy->mnt_ns = mnt_ns;
> with
> nsproxy>__mnt_ns = &mnt_ns->ns;
> * in fs/proc_namespace.c replace
> ns = nsp->mnt_ns;
> with
> ns = to_mnt_ns(nsp->__mnt_ns);
> and
> if (!nsp || !nsp->mnt_ns) {
> with
> if (!nsp || !nsp->__mnt_ns) {
> * in kernel/nsproxy.c: replace
> ns = copy_mnt_ns(flags, &tsk->nsproxy->mnt_ns->ns, user_ns, new_fs);
> added in (d) with
> ns = copy_mnt_ns(flags, tsk->nsproxy->__mnt_ns, user_ns, new_fs);
> and
> new_nsp->mnt_ns = to_mnt_ns(ns);
> with
> new_nsp->__mnt_ns = ns;
> The rest of mnt_ns in that file get replaced by __mnt_ns.
> * in current_mnt_ns() replace ...->mnt_ns with to_mnt_ns(...->__mnt_ns)
>
> Do you want me to push such a series in vfs.git? After such 5 commits we have
> no pointers to struct mnt_namespace in nsproxy.h *and* no need for your
> patches
> to dig into ->mnt_ns->ns - we already have that as ->__mnt_ns.
Yes please, I'd be more confident if you did this than me, there's
already enough to worry about with the series.
Ian
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