From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v3 01/26] fs: add switch_fs_struct()
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:43:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260311-work-kthread-nullfs-v3-1-3dd2cbe92ad0@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260311-work-kthread-nullfs-v3-0-3dd2cbe92ad0@kernel.org>
Don't open-code the guts of replacing current's fs struct.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
---
fs/fs_struct.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/fs_struct.h | 2 ++
kernel/fork.c | 22 ++++++----------------
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/fs_struct.c b/fs/fs_struct.c
index 394875d06fd6..c441586537e7 100644
--- a/fs/fs_struct.c
+++ b/fs/fs_struct.c
@@ -147,6 +147,24 @@ int unshare_fs_struct(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unshare_fs_struct);
+struct fs_struct *switch_fs_struct(struct fs_struct *new_fs)
+{
+ struct fs_struct *fs;
+
+ scoped_guard(task_lock, current) {
+ fs = current->fs;
+ read_seqlock_excl(&fs->seq);
+ current->fs = new_fs;
+ if (--fs->users)
+ new_fs = NULL;
+ else
+ new_fs = fs;
+ read_sequnlock_excl(&fs->seq);
+ }
+
+ return new_fs;
+}
+
/* to be mentioned only in INIT_TASK */
struct fs_struct init_fs = {
.users = 1,
diff --git a/include/linux/fs_struct.h b/include/linux/fs_struct.h
index 0070764b790a..ade459383f92 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs_struct.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs_struct.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ static inline void get_fs_pwd(struct fs_struct *fs, struct path *pwd)
read_sequnlock_excl(&fs->seq);
}
+struct fs_struct *switch_fs_struct(struct fs_struct *new_fs);
+
extern bool current_chrooted(void);
static inline int current_umask(void)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 65113a304518..67e57ee44548 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -3123,7 +3123,7 @@ static int unshare_fd(unsigned long unshare_flags, struct files_struct **new_fdp
*/
int ksys_unshare(unsigned long unshare_flags)
{
- struct fs_struct *fs, *new_fs = NULL;
+ struct fs_struct *new_fs = NULL;
struct files_struct *new_fd = NULL;
struct cred *new_cred = NULL;
struct nsproxy *new_nsproxy = NULL;
@@ -3198,23 +3198,13 @@ int ksys_unshare(unsigned long unshare_flags)
if (new_nsproxy)
switch_task_namespaces(current, new_nsproxy);
- task_lock(current);
+ if (new_fs)
+ new_fs = switch_fs_struct(new_fs);
- if (new_fs) {
- fs = current->fs;
- read_seqlock_excl(&fs->seq);
- current->fs = new_fs;
- if (--fs->users)
- new_fs = NULL;
- else
- new_fs = fs;
- read_sequnlock_excl(&fs->seq);
- }
-
- if (new_fd)
+ if (new_fd) {
+ guard(task_lock)(current);
swap(current->files, new_fd);
-
- task_unlock(current);
+ }
if (new_cred) {
/* Install the new user namespace */
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-11 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-11 21:43 [PATCH RFC v3 00/26] fs,kthread: start all kthreads in nullfs Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 02/26] fs: notice when init abandons fs sharing Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 03/26] fs: add scoped_with_init_fs() Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 04/26] fs: add real_fs to track task's actual fs_struct Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 05/26] fs: make userspace_init_fs a dynamically-initialized pointer Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 06/26] rnbd: use scoped_with_init_fs() for block device open Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 07/26] crypto: ccp: use scoped_with_init_fs() for SEV file access Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 08/26] scsi: target: use scoped_with_init_fs() for ALUA metadata Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 09/26] scsi: target: use scoped_with_init_fs() for APTPL metadata Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 10/26] btrfs: use scoped_with_init_fs() for update_dev_time() Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 11/26] coredump: use scoped_with_init_fs() for coredump path resolution Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 12/26] fs: use scoped_with_init_fs() for kernel_read_file_from_path_initns() Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 13/26] ksmbd: use scoped_with_init_fs() for share path resolution Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 14/26] ksmbd: use scoped_with_init_fs() for filesystem info path lookup Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 15/26] ksmbd: use scoped_with_init_fs() for VFS path operations Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 16/26] pnfs/blocklayout: use scoped_with_init_fs() for SCSI device lookup Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 17/26] initramfs: use scoped_with_init_fs() for rootfs unpacking Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 18/26] af_unix: use scoped_with_init_fs() for coredump socket lookup Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 19/26] fs: stop sharing fs_struct between init_task and pid 1 Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 20/26] fs: add umh argument to struct kernel_clone_args Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 21/26] fs: add kthread_mntns() Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 22:13 ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 22/26] devtmpfs: create private mount namespace Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 23/26] nullfs: make nullfs multi-instance Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 24/26] fs: start all kthreads in nullfs Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 25/26] fs: stop rewriting kthread fs structs Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 26/26] fs: stop rewriting paths for PF_EXITING | PF_DUMPCORE Christian Brauner
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