Re: [PATCH 6/9] mnt: simplify ns_common_init() handling
From: Jan Kara
Date: Thu Sep 18 2025 - 05:13:22 EST
On Thu 18-09-25 10:15:01, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 06:45:11PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > 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?
>
> It is set in alloc_mnt_ns() via ns_tree_gen_id(). :)
> Unless I'm missing something.
Ah, right. Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
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