linux-kernel - free_pid() && PIDNS_HASH

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Date:	Sun, 8 Sep 2013 20:01:37 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...ntu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: free_pid() && PIDNS_HASH_ADDING

On 09/08, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> Off topic. What if the first alloc_pid() succeeds and then later
> copy_process() fails. In this case free_pid() is called but
> PIDNS_HASH_ADDING was not cleared, we miss kern_unmount(), no?

Perhaps something like below?

Oleg.

--- x/kernel/pid.c
+++ x/kernel/pid.c
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ void free_pid(struct pid *pid)
 			 */
 			wake_up_process(ns->child_reaper);
 			break;
+		case PIDNS_HASH_ADDING:
+			WARN_ON(ns->child_reaper);
 		case 0:
 			schedule_work(&ns->proc_work);
 			break;

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