linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] move exit_task_namespaces() outside of exit

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Date:	Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:55:21 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] move exit_task_namespaces() outside of exit_notify()

exit_notify() does exit_task_namespaces() after
forget_original_parent(). This was needed to ensure that ->nsproxy
can't be cleared prematurely, an exiting child we are going to
reparent can do do_notify_parent() and use the parent's (ours) pid_ns.

However, after 32084504 "pidns: use task_active_pid_ns in
do_notify_parent" ->nsproxy != NULL is no longer needed, we rely
on task_active_pid_ns().

Move exit_task_namespaces() from exit_notify() to do_exit(), after
exit_fs() and before exit_task_work().

This solves the problem reported by Andrey, free_ipc_ns()->shm_destroy()
does fput() which needs task_work_add(). And this allows us do simplify
exit_notify(), we can avoid unlock/lock(tasklist) and we can change
->exit_state instead of PF_EXITING in forget_original_parent().

Reported-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

--- x/kernel/exit.c
+++ x/kernel/exit.c
@@ -649,7 +649,6 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_stru
 	 *	jobs, send them a SIGHUP and then a SIGCONT.  (POSIX 3.2.2.2)
 	 */
 	forget_original_parent(tsk);
-	exit_task_namespaces(tsk);
 
 	write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 	if (group_dead)
@@ -795,6 +794,7 @@ void do_exit(long code)
 	exit_shm(tsk);
 	exit_files(tsk);
 	exit_fs(tsk);
+	exit_task_namespaces(tsk);
 	exit_task_work(tsk);
 	check_stack_usage();
 	exit_thread();

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