linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 21/33] net: support ns lookup

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:02:45 +0200
From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 21/33] net: support ns lookup

On Fri 12-09-25 13:52:44, Christian Brauner wrote:
> Support the generic ns lookup infrastructure to support file handles for
> namespaces.
> 
> The network namespace has a separate list with different lifetime rules
> which we can just leave in tact. We have a similar concept for mount
> namespaces as well where it is on two differenet lists for different
> purposes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>

Just some nits below. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

> diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
> index 025a7574b275..42075748dff1 100644
> --- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
> +++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
>  #include <linux/list.h>
>  #include <linux/sysctl.h>
>  #include <linux/uidgid.h>
> +#include <linux/nstree.h>
>  
>  #include <net/flow.h>
>  #include <net/netns/core.h>

Why this include?

> diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
> index 5fb7bd8ac45a..169ec22c4758 100644
> --- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
> +++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>  #include <linux/sched/task.h>
>  #include <linux/uidgid.h>
>  #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
> +#include <linux/nstree.h>
>  
>  #include <net/aligned_data.h>
>  #include <net/sock.h>
> @@ -445,7 +446,7 @@ static __net_init int setup_net(struct net *net)
>  	LIST_HEAD(net_exit_list);
>  	int error = 0;
>  
> -	net->net_cookie = atomic64_inc_return(&net_aligned_data.net_cookie);
> +	net->net_cookie = ns_tree_gen_id(&net->ns);

net_cookie seems to be unused now and can be deleted?

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR