linux-kernel - [REVIEW][PATCH 1/5] namespaces: Simplify copy_namespaces so it is clear what is going on.

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Message-ID: <87ioyoyryr.fsf@xmission.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Aug 2013 16:53:16 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [REVIEW][PATCH 1/5] namespaces: Simplify copy_namespaces so it is clear what is going on.


Remove the test for the impossible case where tsk->nsproxy == NULL.  Fork
will never be called with tsk->nsproxy == NULL.

Only call get_nsproxy when we don't need to generate a new_nsproxy,
and mark the case where we don't generate a new nsproxy as likely.

Remove the code to drop an unnecessarily acquired nsproxy value.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 kernel/nsproxy.c |   35 +++++++++++------------------------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index d9afd2563..a1ed011 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -125,22 +125,16 @@ int copy_namespaces(unsigned long flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	struct nsproxy *old_ns = tsk->nsproxy;
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns = task_cred_xxx(tsk, user_ns);
 	struct nsproxy *new_ns;
-	int err = 0;
 
-	if (!old_ns)
+	if (likely(!(flags & (CLONE_NEWNS | CLONE_NEWUTS | CLONE_NEWIPC |
+			      CLONE_NEWPID | CLONE_NEWNET)))) {
+		get_nsproxy(old_ns);
 		return 0;
-
-	get_nsproxy(old_ns);
-
-	if (!(flags & (CLONE_NEWNS | CLONE_NEWUTS | CLONE_NEWIPC |
-				CLONE_NEWPID | CLONE_NEWNET)))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (!ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-		err = -EPERM;
-		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (!ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	/*
 	 * CLONE_NEWIPC must detach from the undolist: after switching
 	 * to a new ipc namespace, the semaphore arrays from the old
@@ -149,22 +143,15 @@ int copy_namespaces(unsigned long flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 * it along with CLONE_NEWIPC.
 	 */
 	if ((flags & (CLONE_NEWIPC | CLONE_SYSVSEM)) ==
-		(CLONE_NEWIPC | CLONE_SYSVSEM)) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
+		(CLONE_NEWIPC | CLONE_SYSVSEM)) 
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	new_ns = create_new_namespaces(flags, tsk, user_ns, tsk->fs);
-	if (IS_ERR(new_ns)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(new_ns);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(new_ns))
+		return  PTR_ERR(new_ns);
 
 	tsk->nsproxy = new_ns;
-
-out:
-	put_nsproxy(old_ns);
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void free_nsproxy(struct nsproxy *ns)
-- 
1.7.5.4

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