RE: [PATCH V2] binder: ipc namespace support for android binder

From: chouryzhou(åå)
Date: Wed Nov 07 2018 - 22:04:25 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> To: chouryzhou(åå) <chouryzhou@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] binder: ipc namespace support for android
> binder
>
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 01:48:12 +0000 chouryzhou(åå)
> <chouryzhou@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > > --- a/ipc/namespace.c
> > > > +++ b/ipc/namespace.c
> > > > @@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ static struct ipc_namespace *create_ipc_ns(struct
> > > user_namespace *user_ns,
> > > > ns->ucounts = ucounts;
> > > >
> > > > err = mq_init_ns(ns);
> > > > + if (err)
> > > > + goto fail_put;
> > > > + err = binder_init_ns(ns);
> > > > if (err)
> > > > goto fail_put;
> > > >
> > >
> > > Don't we need an mq_put_mnt() if binder_init_ns() fails?
> > >
> > > free_ipc_ns() seems to have forgotten about that too. In which case it
> > > must be madly leaking mounts so probably I'm wrong. Confused.
> > >
> >
> > mq_init_ns will do clean job if it failed, and as do binder_init_ns.
>
> My point is that if mq_init_ns() succeeds and binder_init_ns() fails,
> we don't undo the effects of mq_init_ns()?

Oh, mq_put_mnt is called in put_ipc_ns. We should invoke put_ipc_ns if binder_init_ns fails. I will update the patch soon. Thank you very much for pointing out the issue.