Re: [PATCH 6/9] mnt: simplify ns_common_init() handling
From: Jan Kara
Date: Wed Sep 17 2025 - 12:45:44 EST
On Wed 17-09-25 12:28:05, Christian Brauner wrote:
> Assign the reserved MNT_NS_ANON_INO sentinel to anonymous mount
> namespaces and cleanup the initial mount ns allocation. This is just a
> preparatory patch and the ns->inum check in ns_common_init() will be
> dropped in the next patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
...
> ---
> fs/namespace.c | 7 ++++---
> kernel/nscommon.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
> index c8251545d57e..09e4ecd44972 100644
> --- a/fs/namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/namespace.c
> @@ -4104,6 +4104,8 @@ static struct mnt_namespace *alloc_mnt_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns, bool a
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> }
>
> + if (anon)
> + new_ns->ns.inum = MNT_NS_ANON_INO;
> ret = ns_common_init(&new_ns->ns, &mntns_operations, !anon);
> if (ret) {
> kfree(new_ns);
> @@ -6020,10 +6022,9 @@ static void __init init_mount_tree(void)
> if (IS_ERR(mnt))
> panic("Can't create rootfs");
>
> - ns = alloc_mnt_ns(&init_user_ns, true);
> + ns = alloc_mnt_ns(&init_user_ns, false);
> if (IS_ERR(ns))
> panic("Can't allocate initial namespace");
> - ns->ns.inum = PROC_MNT_INIT_INO;
> m = real_mount(mnt);
> ns->root = m;
> ns->nr_mounts = 1;
> @@ -6037,7 +6038,7 @@ static void __init init_mount_tree(void)
> set_fs_pwd(current->fs, &root);
> set_fs_root(current->fs, &root);
>
> - ns_tree_add(ns);
> + ns_tree_add_raw(ns);
But we don't have ns->ns_id set by anything now? Or am I missing something?
Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR