Re: [PATCH] userns,pidns: Verify the userns for new pid namespaces

[ebiederm-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org (Eric W. Biederman)]

Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai-5HdwGun5lf+gSpxsJD1C4w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>> diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
>>> index 2f735cbe05e8..7d8658fbabc8 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
>>> @@ -986,19 +986,25 @@ bool userns_may_setgroups(const struct user_namespace *ns)
>>>  }
>>>  
>>>  /*
>>> - * Returns true if @ns is the same namespace as or a descendant of
>>> - * @target_ns.
>>> + * Returns true if @child is the same namespace or a descendant of
>>> + * @ancestor.
>>>   */
>>> -bool current_in_userns(const struct user_namespace *target_ns)
>>> +bool in_userns(const struct user_namespace *ancestor,
>>> +	       const struct user_namespace *child)
>>>  {
>>> -	struct user_namespace *ns;
>>> -	for (ns = current_user_ns(); ns; ns = ns->parent) {
>>> -		if (ns == target_ns)
>>> +	const struct user_namespace *ns;
>>> +	for (ns = child; ns; ns = ns->parent) {
>>> +		if (ns == ancestor)
>>>  			return true;
>>>  	}
>>>  	return false;
>>>  }
>> 
>> We have user_namespace::level, so it's possible to stop iterations earlier
>> and save some cpu cycles:
>> 
>> 	for (ns = child; ns->level >= ancestor->level; ns = ns->parent)
>
> Just ">" here.
>
>> 		;
>> 	return (ns == ancestor);

Good observation.  Thank you.

Eric