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Message-ID: <nn7h3bjzz5ckd5mjhqs5jci4fl4ndjc6uabos54242x2ck7mph@fbobo4nydu7p>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:11:02 +0200
From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>, 
	Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>, Mike Yuan <me@...dnzj.com>, 
	Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@...waw.pl>, Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@...inter.de>, 
	Daan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@...il.com>, Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>, 
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, 
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>, 
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] ns: add ns_common_free()

On Wed 17-09-25 12:28:08, Christian Brauner wrote:
> And drop ns_free_inum(). Anything common that can be wasted centrally
> should be wasted in the new common helper.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>

Nice. Feel free to add:

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

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/namespace.c            | 4 ++--
>  include/linux/ns_common.h | 3 +++
>  include/linux/proc_ns.h   | 2 --
>  ipc/namespace.c           | 4 ++--
>  kernel/cgroup/namespace.c | 2 +-
>  kernel/nscommon.c         | 5 +++++
>  kernel/pid_namespace.c    | 4 ++--
>  kernel/time/namespace.c   | 2 +-
>  kernel/user_namespace.c   | 4 ++--
>  kernel/utsname.c          | 2 +-
>  net/core/net_namespace.c  | 4 ++--
>  11 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
> index 31eb0e8f21eb..03bd04559e69 100644
> --- a/fs/namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/namespace.c
> @@ -4083,7 +4083,7 @@ static void dec_mnt_namespaces(struct ucounts *ucounts)
>  static void free_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *ns)
>  {
>  	if (!is_anon_ns(ns))
> -		ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
> +		ns_common_free(ns);
>  	dec_mnt_namespaces(ns->ucounts);
>  	mnt_ns_tree_remove(ns);
>  }
> @@ -4155,7 +4155,7 @@ struct mnt_namespace *copy_mnt_ns(unsigned long flags, struct mnt_namespace *ns,
>  	new = copy_tree(old, old->mnt.mnt_root, copy_flags);
>  	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
>  		namespace_unlock();
> -		ns_free_inum(&new_ns->ns);
> +		ns_common_free(ns);
>  		dec_mnt_namespaces(new_ns->ucounts);
>  		mnt_ns_release(new_ns);
>  		return ERR_CAST(new);
> diff --git a/include/linux/ns_common.h b/include/linux/ns_common.h
> index 284bba2b7c43..5094c0147b54 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ns_common.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ns_common.h
> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct ns_common {
>  };
>  
>  int __ns_common_init(struct ns_common *ns, const struct proc_ns_operations *ops, int inum);
> +void __ns_common_free(struct ns_common *ns);
>  
>  #define to_ns_common(__ns)                              \
>  	_Generic((__ns),                                \
> @@ -82,4 +83,6 @@ int __ns_common_init(struct ns_common *ns, const struct proc_ns_operations *ops,
>  #define ns_common_init_inum(__ns, __ops, __inum) \
>  	__ns_common_init(&(__ns)->ns, __ops, __inum)
>  
> +#define ns_common_free(__ns) __ns_common_free(to_ns_common((__ns)))
> +
>  #endif
> diff --git a/include/linux/proc_ns.h b/include/linux/proc_ns.h
> index 9f21670b5824..08016f6e0e6f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/proc_ns.h
> +++ b/include/linux/proc_ns.h
> @@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ static inline void proc_free_inum(unsigned int inum) {}
>  
>  #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
>  
> -#define ns_free_inum(ns) proc_free_inum((ns)->inum)
> -
>  #define get_proc_ns(inode) ((struct ns_common *)(inode)->i_private)
>  
>  #endif /* _LINUX_PROC_NS_H */
> diff --git a/ipc/namespace.c b/ipc/namespace.c
> index 0f8bbd18a475..09d261a1a2aa 100644
> --- a/ipc/namespace.c
> +++ b/ipc/namespace.c
> @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static struct ipc_namespace *create_ipc_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
>  
>  fail_put:
>  	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
> -	ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
> +	ns_common_free(ns);
>  fail_free:
>  	kfree(ns);
>  fail_dec:
> @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static void free_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
>  
>  	dec_ipc_namespaces(ns->ucounts);
>  	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
> -	ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
> +	ns_common_free(ns);
>  	kfree(ns);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/namespace.c b/kernel/cgroup/namespace.c
> index d928c557e28b..16ead7508371 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup/namespace.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup/namespace.c
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void free_cgroup_ns(struct cgroup_namespace *ns)
>  	put_css_set(ns->root_cset);
>  	dec_cgroup_namespaces(ns->ucounts);
>  	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
> -	ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
> +	ns_common_free(ns);
>  	/* Concurrent nstree traversal depends on a grace period. */
>  	kfree_rcu(ns, ns.ns_rcu);
>  }
> diff --git a/kernel/nscommon.c b/kernel/nscommon.c
> index c3a90bb665ad..7c1b07e2a6c9 100644
> --- a/kernel/nscommon.c
> +++ b/kernel/nscommon.c
> @@ -18,3 +18,8 @@ int __ns_common_init(struct ns_common *ns, const struct proc_ns_operations *ops,
>  	}
>  	return proc_alloc_inum(&ns->inum);
>  }
> +
> +void __ns_common_free(struct ns_common *ns)
> +{
> +	proc_free_inum(ns->inum);
> +}
> diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
> index 170757c265c2..27e2dd9ee051 100644
> --- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
> +++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
> @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(struct user_namespace *user_ns
>  	return ns;
>  
>  out_free_inum:
> -	ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
> +	ns_common_free(ns);
>  out_free_idr:
>  	idr_destroy(&ns->idr);
>  	kmem_cache_free(pid_ns_cachep, ns);
> @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static void destroy_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *ns)
>  	ns_tree_remove(ns);
>  	unregister_pidns_sysctls(ns);
>  
> -	ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
> +	ns_common_free(ns);
>  
>  	idr_destroy(&ns->idr);
>  	call_rcu(&ns->rcu, delayed_free_pidns);
> diff --git a/kernel/time/namespace.c b/kernel/time/namespace.c
> index ce8e952104a7..d49c73015d6e 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/namespace.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/namespace.c
> @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ void free_time_ns(struct time_namespace *ns)
>  	ns_tree_remove(ns);
>  	dec_time_namespaces(ns->ucounts);
>  	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
> -	ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
> +	ns_common_free(ns);
>  	__free_page(ns->vvar_page);
>  	/* Concurrent nstree traversal depends on a grace period. */
>  	kfree_rcu(ns, ns.ns_rcu);
> diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
> index db9f0463219c..32406bcab526 100644
> --- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
> +++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
> @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ int create_user_ns(struct cred *new)
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PERSISTENT_KEYRINGS
>  	key_put(ns->persistent_keyring_register);
>  #endif
> -	ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
> +	ns_common_free(ns);
>  fail_free:
>  	kmem_cache_free(user_ns_cachep, ns);
>  fail_dec:
> @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static void free_user_ns(struct work_struct *work)
>  #endif
>  		retire_userns_sysctls(ns);
>  		key_free_user_ns(ns);
> -		ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
> +		ns_common_free(ns);
>  		/* Concurrent nstree traversal depends on a grace period. */
>  		kfree_rcu(ns, ns.ns_rcu);
>  		dec_user_namespaces(ucounts);
> diff --git a/kernel/utsname.c b/kernel/utsname.c
> index 399888be66bd..95d733eb2c98 100644
> --- a/kernel/utsname.c
> +++ b/kernel/utsname.c
> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void free_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *ns)
>  	ns_tree_remove(ns);
>  	dec_uts_namespaces(ns->ucounts);
>  	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
> -	ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
> +	ns_common_free(ns);
>  	/* Concurrent nstree traversal depends on a grace period. */
>  	kfree_rcu(ns, ns.ns_rcu);
>  }
> diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
> index fdb266bbdf93..fdbaf5f8ac78 100644
> --- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
> +++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
> @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ struct net *copy_net_ns(unsigned long flags,
>  		net_passive_dec(net);
>  dec_ucounts:
>  		dec_net_namespaces(ucounts);
> -		ns_free_inum(&net->ns);
> +		ns_common_free(net);
>  		return ERR_PTR(rv);
>  	}
>  	return net;
> @@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static void cleanup_net(struct work_struct *work)
>  #endif
>  		put_user_ns(net->user_ns);
>  		net_passive_dec(net);
> -		ns_free_inum(&net->ns);
> +		ns_common_free(net);
>  	}
>  	WRITE_ONCE(cleanup_net_task, NULL);
>  }
> 
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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