Re: [PATCH] ns: Fix time_for_children symlink

From: Andrei Vagin
Date: Mon Apr 06 2020 - 23:33:42 EST


On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 02:11:39PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> Dmitry, Andrei,
>
> Looking at the contents of the /proc/PID/ns/time_for_children
> symlink shows an anomaly:
>
> $ ls -l /proc/self/ns/* |awk '{print $9, $10, $11}'
> ...
> /proc/self/ns/pid -> pid:[4026531836]
> /proc/self/ns/pid_for_children -> pid:[4026531836]
> /proc/self/ns/time -> time:[4026531834]
> /proc/self/ns/time_for_children -> time_for_children:[4026531834]
> /proc/self/ns/user -> user:[4026531837]
> ...
>
> The reference for 'time_for_children' should be a 'time' namespace,
> just as the reference for 'pid_for_children' is a 'pid' namespace.
> In other words, I think the above time_for_children link should read:
>
> /proc/self/ns/time_for_children -> time:[4026531834]
>
> If you agree with this patch, then it should be marked for
> stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>

Acked-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>