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diff --git a/include/linux/pid.h b/include/linux/pid.h
index bb206c56d1f0..49f1c2f66e95 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid.h
@@ -123,6 +123,24 @@ extern struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespace *ns);
extern void free_pid(struct pid *pid);
/*
+ * ns_of_pid() returns the pid namespace in which the specified pid was
+ * allocated.
+ *
+ * NOTE:
+ * ns_of_pid() is expected to be called for a process (task) that has
+ * an attached 'struct pid' (see attach_pid(), detach_pid()) i.e @pid
+ * is expected to be non-NULL. If @pid is NULL, caller should handle
+ * the resulting NULL pid-ns.
+ */
+static inline struct pid_namespace *ns_of_pid(struct pid *pid)
+{
+ struct pid_namespace *ns = NULL;
+ if (pid)
+ ns = pid->numbers[pid->level].ns;
+ return ns;
+}
+
+/*
* the helpers to get the pid's id seen from different namespaces
*
* pid_nr() : global id, i.e. the id seen from the init namespace;