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authorThomas Gleixner <[email protected]>2020-06-11 15:17:57 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <[email protected]>2020-06-11 15:17:57 +0200
commitf77d26a9fc525286bcef3d4f98b52e17482cf49c (patch)
tree6b179c9aa84787773cb601a14a64255e2912154b /include/linux/nsproxy.h
parentb6bea24d41519e8c31e4798f1c1a3f67e540c5d0 (diff)
parentf0178fc01fe46bab6a95415f5647d1a74efcad1b (diff)
Merge branch 'x86/entry' into ras/core
to fixup conflicts in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c so MCE specific follow up patches can be applied without creating a horrible merge conflict afterwards.
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/nsproxy.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nsproxy.h24
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nsproxy.h b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
index 074f395b9ad2..cdb171efc7cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/nsproxy.h
+++ b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
@@ -42,6 +42,30 @@ struct nsproxy {
extern struct nsproxy init_nsproxy;
/*
+ * A structure to encompass all bits needed to install
+ * a partial or complete new set of namespaces.
+ *
+ * If a new user namespace is requested cred will
+ * point to a modifiable set of credentials. If a pointer
+ * to a modifiable set is needed nsset_cred() must be
+ * used and tested.
+ */
+struct nsset {
+ unsigned flags;
+ struct nsproxy *nsproxy;
+ struct fs_struct *fs;
+ const struct cred *cred;
+};
+
+static inline struct cred *nsset_cred(struct nsset *set)
+{
+ if (set->flags & CLONE_NEWUSER)
+ return (struct cred *)set->cred;
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
* the namespaces access rules are:
*
* 1. only current task is allowed to change tsk->nsproxy pointer or