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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-03-02 05:35:16 (GMT) |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-03-02 05:35:16 (GMT) |
commit | aa4abc9bcce0d2a7ec189e897f8f8c58ca04643b (patch) | |
tree | 22ef88d84a2e06380bb6a853c3ba28657e4e5f92 /kernel | |
parent | 814c01dc7c533033b4e99981a2e24a6195bfb43c (diff) | |
parent | 52c0326beaa3cb0049d0f1c51c6ad5d4a04e4430 (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-aa4abc9bcce0d2a7ec189e897f8f8c58ca04643b.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
net/8021q/vlan_core.c
net/core/dev.c
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/user_namespace.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c index 7908431..076c7c8 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); |