[tip: timers/vdso] timens: Simplify some calls to put_time_ns()

From: tip-bot2 for Thomas Weißschuh

Date: Wed Apr 01 2026 - 11:20:55 EST


The following commit has been merged into the timers/vdso branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 3fa3aeb4a5cb19e372680ef8860a0381cd5409e9
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/3fa3aeb4a5cb19e372680ef8860a0381cd5409e9
Author: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:07:56 +02:00
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:13:35 +02:00

timens: Simplify some calls to put_time_ns()

Use the new __free() based cleanup helpers to simplify some functions.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260330-timens-cleanup-v1-2-936e91c9dd30@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
kernel/time/namespace.c | 29 +++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/namespace.c b/kernel/time/namespace.c
index 42302cc..37495bd 100644
--- a/kernel/time/namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/time/namespace.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/cred.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>

#include "namespace_internal.h"

@@ -251,36 +252,33 @@ static void show_offset(struct seq_file *m, int clockid, struct timespec64 *ts)

void proc_timens_show_offsets(struct task_struct *p, struct seq_file *m)
{
- struct ns_common *ns;
- struct time_namespace *time_ns;
+ struct time_namespace *time_ns __free(time_ns) = NULL;
+ struct ns_common *ns = timens_for_children_get(p);

- ns = timens_for_children_get(p);
if (!ns)
return;
+
time_ns = to_time_ns(ns);

show_offset(m, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &time_ns->offsets.monotonic);
show_offset(m, CLOCK_BOOTTIME, &time_ns->offsets.boottime);
- put_time_ns(time_ns);
}

int proc_timens_set_offset(struct file *file, struct task_struct *p,
struct proc_timens_offset *offsets, int noffsets)
{
- struct ns_common *ns;
- struct time_namespace *time_ns;
+ struct time_namespace *time_ns __free(time_ns) = NULL;
+ struct ns_common *ns = timens_for_children_get(p);
struct timespec64 tp;
int i, err;

- ns = timens_for_children_get(p);
if (!ns)
return -ESRCH;
+
time_ns = to_time_ns(ns);

- if (!file_ns_capable(file, time_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_TIME)) {
- put_time_ns(time_ns);
+ if (!file_ns_capable(file, time_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_TIME))
return -EPERM;
- }

for (i = 0; i < noffsets; i++) {
struct proc_timens_offset *off = &offsets[i];
@@ -293,15 +291,12 @@ int proc_timens_set_offset(struct file *file, struct task_struct *p,
ktime_get_boottime_ts64(&tp);
break;
default:
- err = -EINVAL;
- goto out;
+ return -EINVAL;
}

- err = -ERANGE;
-
if (off->val.tv_sec > KTIME_SEC_MAX ||
off->val.tv_sec < -KTIME_SEC_MAX)
- goto out;
+ return -ERANGE;

tp = timespec64_add(tp, off->val);
/*
@@ -309,7 +304,7 @@ int proc_timens_set_offset(struct file *file, struct task_struct *p,
* still unreachable.
*/
if (tp.tv_sec < 0 || tp.tv_sec > KTIME_SEC_MAX / 2)
- goto out;
+ return -ERANGE;
}

mutex_lock(&timens_offset_lock);
@@ -338,8 +333,6 @@ int proc_timens_set_offset(struct file *file, struct task_struct *p,

out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&timens_offset_lock);
-out:
- put_time_ns(time_ns);

return err;
}