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Message-Id: <20251021-work-namespace-nstree-listns-v1-23-ad44261a8a5b@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:43:29 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>, 
 Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, 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>, 
 Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, 
 Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
 Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, 
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, 
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC DRAFT 23/50] selftests/namespaces: fifth active
 reference count tests

Test PID namespace active ref tracking

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
---
 .../selftests/namespaces/ns_active_ref_test.c      | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 88 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/ns_active_ref_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/ns_active_ref_test.c
index b9836693f5ec..66665bd39e9b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/ns_active_ref_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/ns_active_ref_test.c
@@ -385,4 +385,92 @@ TEST(userns_active_ref_lifecycle)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Test PID namespace active ref tracking
+ */
+TEST(pidns_active_ref_lifecycle)
+{
+	struct file_handle *handle;
+	int mount_id;
+	int ret;
+	int fd;
+	int pipefd[2];
+	pid_t pid;
+	int status;
+	char buf[sizeof(*handle) + MAX_HANDLE_SZ];
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(pipe(pipefd), 0);
+
+	pid = fork();
+	ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		/* Child process */
+		close(pipefd[0]);
+
+		/* Create new PID namespace */
+		ret = unshare(CLONE_NEWPID);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			close(pipefd[1]);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+
+		/* Fork to actually enter the PID namespace */
+		pid_t child = fork();
+		if (child < 0) {
+			close(pipefd[1]);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+
+		if (child == 0) {
+			/* Grandchild - in new PID namespace */
+			fd = open("/proc/self/ns/pid", O_RDONLY);
+			if (fd < 0) {
+				exit(1);
+			}
+
+			handle = (struct file_handle *)buf;
+			handle->handle_bytes = MAX_HANDLE_SZ;
+			ret = name_to_handle_at(fd, "", handle, &mount_id, AT_EMPTY_PATH);
+			close(fd);
+
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				exit(1);
+			}
+
+			/* Send handle to grandparent */
+			write(pipefd[1], buf, sizeof(*handle) + handle->handle_bytes);
+			close(pipefd[1]);
+			exit(0);
+		}
+
+		/* Wait for grandchild */
+		waitpid(child, NULL, 0);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	/* Parent */
+	close(pipefd[1]);
+	ret = read(pipefd[0], buf, sizeof(buf));
+	close(pipefd[0]);
+
+	waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+	ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+
+	if (ret <= 0) {
+		SKIP(return, "Child failed to create PID namespace or get handle");
+	}
+
+	handle = (struct file_handle *)buf;
+
+	/* Namespace should be inactive after all processes exit */
+	fd = open_by_handle_at(FD_NSFS_ROOT, handle, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd >= 0) {
+		TH_LOG("Warning: PID namespace still active after process exit");
+		close(fd);
+	} else {
+		ASSERT_TRUE(errno == ENOENT || errno == ESTALE);
+	}
+}
+
 TEST_HARNESS_MAIN

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