linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] procfs: Do not release pid_ns->proc

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:38:13 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] procfs: Do not release pid_ns->proc_mnt too early

On 06/21, Louis Rilling wrote:
>
> On 18/06/10 19:55 +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> > Yes, this should be fixed, I already realized this. work->func(ns) is
> > called when ns is already fixed.
> >
> > Otherwise, nobody should use ns->proc_mount when ns is already dead/freed.
>
> I meant the opposite. proc_mnt can be kept mounted somewhere,

I think, no. If it is kept mounted vfsmount should be different.

> and accesses to it
> will likely try to access (freed) pid_ns from it.

Not sure, there must be no tasks (and pids) in this ns.

By anyway I agree. This needs more thinking and we should do something
with sb->s_fs_info.

But given that nobody (including me) seem to like this approach - let's
forget this patch.

Thanks,

Oleg.

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