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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/user_namespace.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/user_namespace.c | 21 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h b/include/linux/user_namespace.h index 315bcd375224..cc4f45361dbb 100644 --- a/include/linux/user_namespace.h +++ b/include/linux/user_namespace.h @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ struct user_namespace { struct kref kref; struct hlist_head uidhash_table[UIDHASH_SZ]; struct user_struct *creator; + struct work_struct destroyer; }; extern struct user_namespace init_user_ns; diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c index 79084311ee57..076c7c8215b0 100644 --- a/kernel/user_namespace.c +++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c @@ -60,12 +60,25 @@ int create_user_ns(struct cred *new) return 0; } -void free_user_ns(struct kref *kref) +/* + * Deferred destructor for a user namespace. This is required because + * free_user_ns() may be called with uidhash_lock held, but we need to call + * back to free_uid() which will want to take the lock again. + */ +static void free_user_ns_work(struct work_struct *work) { - struct user_namespace *ns; - - ns = container_of(kref, struct user_namespace, kref); + struct user_namespace *ns = + container_of(work, struct user_namespace, destroyer); free_uid(ns->creator); kfree(ns); } + +void free_user_ns(struct kref *kref) +{ + struct user_namespace *ns = + container_of(kref, struct user_namespace, kref); + + INIT_WORK(&ns->destroyer, free_user_ns_work); + schedule_work(&ns->destroyer); +} EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_user_ns); |