From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Cc: "Jann Horn" <jannh@google.com>, "Mike Yuan" <me@yhndnzj.com>,
"Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek" <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>,
"Lennart Poettering" <mzxreary@0pointer.de>,
"Daan De Meyer" <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com>,
"Aleksa Sarai" <cyphar@cyphar.com>,
"Amir Goldstein" <amir73il@gmail.com>,
"Tejun Heo" <tj@kernel.org>,
"Johannes Weiner" <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Alexander Viro" <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
"Jan Kara" <jack@suse.cz>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, "Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@google.com>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
"Christian Brauner" <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 28/72] selftests/namespaces: sixth active reference count tests
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:20:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251029-work-namespace-nstree-listns-v4-28-2e6f823ebdc0@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251029-work-namespace-nstree-listns-v4-0-2e6f823ebdc0@kernel.org>
Test that an open file descriptor keeps a namespace active.
Even after the creating process exits, the namespace should remain
active as long as an fd is held open.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
---
.../selftests/namespaces/ns_active_ref_test.c | 155 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 155 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/ns_active_ref_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/ns_active_ref_test.c
index f4e92b772f70..50653096fcb6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/ns_active_ref_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/ns_active_ref_test.c
@@ -448,4 +448,159 @@ TEST(pidns_active_ref_lifecycle)
ASSERT_TRUE(errno == ENOENT || errno == ESTALE);
}
+/*
+ * Test that an open file descriptor keeps a namespace active.
+ * Even after the creating process exits, the namespace should remain
+ * active as long as an fd is held open.
+ */
+TEST(ns_fd_keeps_active)
+{
+ struct file_handle *handle;
+ int mount_id;
+ int ret;
+ int nsfd;
+ int pipe_child_ready[2];
+ int pipe_parent_ready[2];
+ pid_t pid;
+ int status;
+ char buf[sizeof(*handle) + MAX_HANDLE_SZ];
+ char sync_byte;
+ char proc_path[64];
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(pipe(pipe_child_ready), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(pipe(pipe_parent_ready), 0);
+
+ pid = fork();
+ ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ /* Child process */
+ close(pipe_child_ready[0]);
+ close(pipe_parent_ready[1]);
+
+ TH_LOG("Child: creating new network namespace");
+
+ /* Create new network namespace */
+ ret = unshare(CLONE_NEWNET);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ TH_LOG("Child: unshare(CLONE_NEWNET) failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ close(pipe_child_ready[1]);
+ close(pipe_parent_ready[0]);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ TH_LOG("Child: network namespace created successfully");
+
+ /* Get file handle for the namespace */
+ nsfd = open("/proc/self/ns/net", O_RDONLY);
+ if (nsfd < 0) {
+ TH_LOG("Child: failed to open /proc/self/ns/net: %s", strerror(errno));
+ close(pipe_child_ready[1]);
+ close(pipe_parent_ready[0]);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ TH_LOG("Child: opened namespace fd %d", nsfd);
+
+ handle = (struct file_handle *)buf;
+ handle->handle_bytes = MAX_HANDLE_SZ;
+ ret = name_to_handle_at(nsfd, "", handle, &mount_id, AT_EMPTY_PATH);
+ close(nsfd);
+
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ TH_LOG("Child: name_to_handle_at failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ close(pipe_child_ready[1]);
+ close(pipe_parent_ready[0]);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ TH_LOG("Child: got file handle (bytes=%u)", handle->handle_bytes);
+
+ /* Send file handle to parent */
+ ret = write(pipe_child_ready[1], buf, sizeof(*handle) + handle->handle_bytes);
+ TH_LOG("Child: sent %d bytes of file handle to parent", ret);
+ close(pipe_child_ready[1]);
+
+ /* Wait for parent to open the fd */
+ TH_LOG("Child: waiting for parent to open fd");
+ ret = read(pipe_parent_ready[0], &sync_byte, 1);
+ close(pipe_parent_ready[0]);
+
+ TH_LOG("Child: parent signaled (read %d bytes), exiting now", ret);
+ /* Exit - namespace should stay active because parent holds fd */
+ exit(0);
+ }
+
+ /* Parent process */
+ close(pipe_child_ready[1]);
+ close(pipe_parent_ready[0]);
+
+ TH_LOG("Parent: reading file handle from child");
+
+ /* Read file handle from child */
+ ret = read(pipe_child_ready[0], buf, sizeof(buf));
+ close(pipe_child_ready[0]);
+ ASSERT_GT(ret, 0);
+ handle = (struct file_handle *)buf;
+
+ TH_LOG("Parent: received %d bytes, handle size=%u", ret, handle->handle_bytes);
+
+ /* Open the child's namespace while it's still alive */
+ snprintf(proc_path, sizeof(proc_path), "/proc/%d/ns/net", pid);
+ TH_LOG("Parent: opening child's namespace at %s", proc_path);
+ nsfd = open(proc_path, O_RDONLY);
+ if (nsfd < 0) {
+ TH_LOG("Parent: failed to open %s: %s", proc_path, strerror(errno));
+ close(pipe_parent_ready[1]);
+ kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+ waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
+ SKIP(return, "Failed to open child's namespace");
+ }
+
+ TH_LOG("Parent: opened child's namespace, got fd %d", nsfd);
+
+ /* Signal child that we have the fd */
+ sync_byte = 'G';
+ write(pipe_parent_ready[1], &sync_byte, 1);
+ close(pipe_parent_ready[1]);
+ TH_LOG("Parent: signaled child that we have the fd");
+
+ /* Wait for child to exit */
+ waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+ ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(status), 0);
+
+ TH_LOG("Child exited, parent holds fd %d to namespace", nsfd);
+
+ /*
+ * Namespace should still be ACTIVE because we hold an fd.
+ * We should be able to reopen it via file handle.
+ */
+ TH_LOG("Attempting to reopen namespace via file handle (should succeed - fd held)");
+ int fd2 = open_by_handle_at(FD_NSFS_ROOT, handle, O_RDONLY);
+ ASSERT_GE(fd2, 0);
+
+ TH_LOG("Successfully reopened namespace via file handle, got fd %d", fd2);
+
+ /* Verify it's the same namespace */
+ struct stat st1, st2;
+ ASSERT_EQ(fstat(nsfd, &st1), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(fstat(fd2, &st2), 0);
+ TH_LOG("Namespace inodes: nsfd=%lu, fd2=%lu", st1.st_ino, st2.st_ino);
+ ASSERT_EQ(st1.st_ino, st2.st_ino);
+ close(fd2);
+
+ /* Now close the fd - namespace should become inactive */
+ TH_LOG("Closing fd %d - namespace should become inactive", nsfd);
+ close(nsfd);
+
+ /* Now reopening should fail - namespace is inactive */
+ TH_LOG("Attempting to reopen namespace via file handle (should fail - inactive)");
+ fd2 = open_by_handle_at(FD_NSFS_ROOT, handle, O_RDONLY);
+ ASSERT_LT(fd2, 0);
+ /* Should fail with ENOENT (inactive) or ESTALE (gone) */
+ TH_LOG("Reopen failed as expected: %s (errno=%d)", strerror(errno), errno);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(errno == ENOENT || errno == ESTALE);
+}
+
TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
2.47.3
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2025-10-29 12:20 [PATCH v4 00/72] nstree: listns() Christian Brauner
2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 01/72] libfs: allow to specify s_d_flags Christian Brauner
2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 02/72] nsfs: use inode_just_drop() Christian Brauner
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2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 06/72] cgroup: add cgroup namespace to tree after owner is set Christian Brauner
2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 07/72] nstree: simplify return Christian Brauner
2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 08/72] ns: initialize ns_list_node for initial namespaces Christian Brauner
2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 09/72] ns: add __ns_ref_read() Christian Brauner
2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 10/72] ns: rename to exit_nsproxy_namespaces() Christian Brauner
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2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 12/72] ns: use anonymous struct to group list member Christian Brauner
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2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 16/72] nstree: maintain list of owned namespaces Christian Brauner
2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 17/72] nstree: simplify rbtree comparison helpers Christian Brauner
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2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 18/72] nstree: add unified namespace list Christian Brauner
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2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 19/72] nstree: add listns() Christian Brauner
2025-10-29 12:20 ` [PATCH v4 20/72] arch: hookup listns() system call Christian Brauner
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