Re: [PATCH 31/32] [RFC] fs: Add a move_mount() system call [ver #8]

[Al Viro]

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 01:08:44AM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> [!] NOTE: This patch doesn't quite work to move an O_CLONE_MOUNT-produced
>     vfsmount as move_mount() checks that the source vfsmount mnt_ns matches
>     the calling process's mnt_ns - but the vfsmount's mnt_ns isn't set
>     until one attempts to actually mount it into the namespace.

*shrug*

Turn those checks into
	error = -EINVAL;
	/* mountpoint should be ours */
	if (!check_mnt(p))
		goto out1;
	/* and the thing moved should be either ours or completely unattached */
	if (old->mnt_ns && !check_mnt(old))
		goto out1;