Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760986Ab0FRLSW (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:18:22 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:33765 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758357Ab0FRLSV (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:18:21 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:15:54 +0200 From: Oleg Nesterov To: Andrew Morton , Pavel Emelyanov , Linux Containers , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] procfs: Do not release pid_ns->proc_mnt too early Message-ID: <20100618111554.GA3252@redhat.com> References: <1276706068-18567-1-git-send-email-louis.rilling@kerlabs.com> <20100617212003.GA4182@redhat.com> <20100618082033.GD16877@hawkmoon.kerlabs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100618082033.GD16877@hawkmoon.kerlabs.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1170 Lines: 31 On 06/18, Louis Rilling wrote: > > On 17/06/10 23:20 +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > > On 06/16, Louis Rilling wrote: > > > > > > Detached tasks are not seen by zap_pid_ns_processes()->sys_wait4(), so > > > that release_task()->proc_flush_task() of container init can be called > > > before it is for some detached tasks in the namespace. > > > > > > Pin proc_mnt's in copy_process(), so that proc_flush_task() becomes safe > > > whatever the ordering of tasks. > > > > I must have missed something, but can't we just move mntput() ? > > See the log of the commit introducing pid_ns_release_proc() (6f4e6433): > > Sice the namespace holds the vfsmnt, vfsmnt holds the superblock and the > superblock holds the namespace we must explicitly break this circle to destroy > all the stuff. This is done after the init of the namespace dies. I see thanks. Besides, put_pid_ns() can be called in any context... Oleg. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/