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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-03-01 12:47:58 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-03-01 12:47:58 +0100
commit55f2b78995826d549401bdf20abeac1832636bb6 (patch)
tree931b31f3b6e0879df0f9a1d58ffd040d9a652f2e /kernel
parentf5c1aa1537be39d8b9bb5279b5881d81898fd3cd (diff)
parent92b9af9e4f144535c65aee673cfad309f25fa465 (diff)
Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/pat
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/user_namespace.c21
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 79084311ee5..076c7c8215b 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -60,12 +60,25 @@ int create_user_ns(struct cred *new)
return 0;
}
-void free_user_ns(struct kref *kref)
+/*
+ * Deferred destructor for a user namespace. This is required because
+ * free_user_ns() may be called with uidhash_lock held, but we need to call
+ * back to free_uid() which will want to take the lock again.
+ */
+static void free_user_ns_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct user_namespace *ns;
-
- ns = container_of(kref, struct user_namespace, kref);
+ struct user_namespace *ns =
+ container_of(work, struct user_namespace, destroyer);
free_uid(ns->creator);
kfree(ns);
}
+
+void free_user_ns(struct kref *kref)
+{
+ struct user_namespace *ns =
+ container_of(kref, struct user_namespace, kref);
+
+ INIT_WORK(&ns->destroyer, free_user_ns_work);
+ schedule_work(&ns->destroyer);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_user_ns);