Re: [PATCH] create_new_namespaces: fix improper return of NULL

[Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>]

Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> Untested.
> 
> dup_mnt_ns() and clone_uts_ns() return NULL on failure. This is wrong,
> create_new_namespaces() uses ERR_PTR() to catch an error. This means
> that the subsequent create_new_namespaces() will hit BUG_ON() in
> copy_mnt_ns() or copy_utsname().

I sent one just like it :

	http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/12/142

but your changelog is worth adding. much better than mine.

thanks,

C. 

> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
> 
> --- ns/fs/namespace.c~1_NS_NULL	2007-05-21 13:57:56.000000000 +0400
> +++ ns/fs/namespace.c	2007-06-19 17:26:35.000000000 +0400
> @@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ static struct mnt_namespace *dup_mnt_ns(
> 
>  	new_ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mnt_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!new_ns)
> -		return NULL;
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> 
>  	atomic_set(&new_ns->count, 1);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_ns->list);
> @@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ static struct mnt_namespace *dup_mnt_ns(
>  	if (!new_ns->root) {
>  		up_write(&namespace_sem);
>  		kfree(new_ns);
> -		return NULL;
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>  	}
>  	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
>  	list_add_tail(&new_ns->list, &new_ns->root->mnt_list);
> --- ns/kernel/utsname.c~1_NS_NULL	2007-05-21 13:57:59.000000000 +0400
> +++ ns/kernel/utsname.c	2007-06-19 17:35:22.000000000 +0400
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
>  #include <linux/uts.h>
>  #include <linux/utsname.h>
>  #include <linux/version.h>
> +#include <linux/err.h>
> 
>  /*
>   * Clone a new ns copying an original utsname, setting refcount to 1
> @@ -24,10 +25,11 @@ static struct uts_namespace *clone_uts_n
>  	struct uts_namespace *ns;
> 
>  	ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct uts_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (ns) {
> -		memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
> -		kref_init(&ns->kref);
> -	}
> +	if (!ns)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +
> +	memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
> +	kref_init(&ns->kref);
>  	return ns;
>  }
> 
> 
>