Linux 2.6.26-rc5
[linux-2.6/openmoko-kernel/knife-kernel.git] / kernel / user_namespace.c
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1 /*
2 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
3 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
4 * published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the
5 * License.
6 */
8 #include <linux/module.h>
9 #include <linux/version.h>
10 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
11 #include <linux/slab.h>
12 #include <linux/user_namespace.h>
15 * Clone a new ns copying an original user ns, setting refcount to 1
16 * @old_ns: namespace to clone
17 * Return NULL on error (failure to kmalloc), new ns otherwise
19 static struct user_namespace *clone_user_ns(struct user_namespace *old_ns)
21 struct user_namespace *ns;
22 struct user_struct *new_user;
23 int n;
25 ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct user_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
26 if (!ns)
27 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
29 kref_init(&ns->kref);
31 for (n = 0; n < UIDHASH_SZ; ++n)
32 INIT_HLIST_HEAD(ns->uidhash_table + n);
34 /* Insert new root user. */
35 ns->root_user = alloc_uid(ns, 0);
36 if (!ns->root_user) {
37 kfree(ns);
38 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
41 /* Reset current->user with a new one */
42 new_user = alloc_uid(ns, current->uid);
43 if (!new_user) {
44 free_uid(ns->root_user);
45 kfree(ns);
46 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
49 switch_uid(new_user);
50 return ns;
53 struct user_namespace * copy_user_ns(int flags, struct user_namespace *old_ns)
55 struct user_namespace *new_ns;
57 BUG_ON(!old_ns);
58 get_user_ns(old_ns);
60 if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWUSER))
61 return old_ns;
63 new_ns = clone_user_ns(old_ns);
65 put_user_ns(old_ns);
66 return new_ns;
69 void free_user_ns(struct kref *kref)
71 struct user_namespace *ns;
73 ns = container_of(kref, struct user_namespace, kref);
74 release_uids(ns);
75 kfree(ns);
77 EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_user_ns);