userns: Add an explicit reference to the parent user namespace
I am about to remove the struct user_namespace reference from struct user_struct.
So keep an explicit track of the parent user namespace.
Take advantage of this new reference and replace instances of user_ns->creator->user_ns
with user_ns->parent.
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 58bb878..c15e533 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
}
/* set the new root user in the credentials under preparation */
+ ns->parent = parent_ns;
ns->creator = new->user;
new->user = root_user;
new->uid = new->euid = new->suid = new->fsuid = 0;
@@ -60,8 +61,6 @@
/* Leave the reference to our user_ns with the new cred */
new->user_ns = ns;
- put_user_ns(parent_ns);
-
return 0;
}
@@ -72,10 +71,12 @@
*/
static void free_user_ns_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct user_namespace *ns =
+ struct user_namespace *parent, *ns =
container_of(work, struct user_namespace, destroyer);
+ parent = ns->parent;
free_uid(ns->creator);
kmem_cache_free(user_ns_cachep, ns);
+ put_user_ns(parent);
}
void free_user_ns(struct kref *kref)
@@ -99,8 +100,7 @@
/* Is cred->user the creator of the target user_ns
* or the creator of one of it's parents?
*/
- for ( tmp = to; tmp != &init_user_ns;
- tmp = tmp->creator->user_ns ) {
+ for ( tmp = to; tmp != &init_user_ns; tmp = tmp->parent ) {
if (cred->user == tmp->creator) {
return (uid_t)0;
}
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@
/* Is cred->user the creator of the target user_ns
* or the creator of one of it's parents?
*/
- for ( tmp = to; tmp != &init_user_ns;
- tmp = tmp->creator->user_ns ) {
+ for ( tmp = to; tmp != &init_user_ns; tmp = tmp->parent ) {
if (cred->user == tmp->creator) {
return (gid_t)0;
}