Re: [PATCH v4] pidns: introduce syscall translate_pid

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 10/13, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
>
> pid_t translate_pid(pid_t pid, int source, int target);
>
> This syscall converts pid from source pid-ns into pid in target pid-ns.
> If pid is unreachable from target pid-ns it returns zero.
>
> Pid-namespaces are referred file descriptors opened to proc files
> /proc/[pid]/ns/pid or /proc/[pid]/ns/pid_for_children. Negative argument
> refers to current pid namespace, same as file /proc/self/ns/pid.
>
> Kernel expose virtual pids in /proc/[pid]/status:NSpid, but backward
> translation requires scanning all tasks. Also pids could be translated
> by sending them through unix socket between namespaces, this method is
> slow and insecure because other side is exposed inside pid namespace.
>
> Examples:
> translate_pid(pid, ns, -1)      - get pid in our pid namespace
> translate_pid(pid, -1, ns)      - get pid in other pid namespace
> translate_pid(1, ns, -1)        - get pid of init task for namespace
> translate_pid(pid, -1, ns) > 0  - is pid is reachable from ns?
> translate_pid(1, ns1, ns2) > 0  - is ns1 inside ns2?
> translate_pid(1, ns1, ns2) == 0 - is ns1 outside ns2?
> translate_pid(1, ns1, ns2) == 1 - is ns1 equal ns2?

Add Eugene, strace probably wants this too.

I have a vague feeling we have already discussed this in the past, but
I can't recall anything...

> +static struct pid_namespace *get_pid_ns_by_fd(int fd)
> +{
> +	struct pid_namespace *pidns;
> +	struct ns_common *ns;
> +	struct file *file;
> +
> +	file = proc_ns_fget(fd);
> +	if (IS_ERR(file))
> +		return ERR_CAST(file);
> +
> +	ns = get_proc_ns(file_inode(file));
> +	if (ns->ops->type == CLONE_NEWPID)
> +		pidns = get_pid_ns(to_pid_ns(ns));
> +	else
> +		pidns = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +
> +	fput(file);
> +	return pidns;
> +}

I won't insist, but this suggests we should add a new helper,
get_ns_by_fd_type(fd, type), and convert get_net_ns_by_fd() to use it
as well.

> +SYSCALL_DEFINE3(translate_pid, pid_t, pid, int, source, int, target)
> +{
> +	struct pid_namespace *source_ns, *target_ns;
> +	struct pid *struct_pid;
> +	pid_t result;
> +
> +	if (source >= 0) {
> +		source_ns = get_pid_ns_by_fd(source);
> +		result = PTR_ERR(source_ns);
> +		if (IS_ERR(source_ns))
> +			goto err_source;
> +	} else
> +		source_ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
> +
> +	if (target >= 0) {
> +		target_ns = get_pid_ns_by_fd(target);
> +		result = PTR_ERR(target_ns);
> +		if (IS_ERR(target_ns))
> +			goto err_target;
> +	} else
> +		target_ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
> +
> +	rcu_read_lock();
> +	struct_pid = find_pid_ns(pid, source_ns);
> +	result = struct_pid ? pid_nr_ns(struct_pid, target_ns) : -ESRCH;
> +	rcu_read_unlock();

Stupid question. Can't we make a simpler API which doesn't need /proc/ ?
I mean,

	sys_translate_pid(pid_t pid, pid_t source_pid, pid_t target_pid)
	{
		struct pid_namespace *source_ns, *target_ns;

		source_ns = task_active_pid_ns(find_task_by_vpid(source_pid));
		target_ns = task_active_pid_ns(find_task_by_vpid(target_pid));

		...
	}

Yes, this is more limited... Do you have a use-case when this is not enough?

Oleg.