kernel/pid_namespace.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/kernel/pid_namespace.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
kernel/pid_namespace.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 11845 bytes
- Lines
- 474
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Scheduler, Processes, Timers, Sync, And Syscalls
- Inferred role
- Core OS: exported/initcall integration point
- Status
- integration implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Exports symbols or registers init work; inspect boot/module ordering and who consumes the exported contract.
- Touches user memory; correctness depends on fault-safe copying and privilege boundary handling.
- Uses kernel synchronization; read lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt context assumptions before translating.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/pid.hlinux/pid_namespace.hlinux/user_namespace.hlinux/syscalls.hlinux/cred.hlinux/err.hlinux/acct.hlinux/slab.hlinux/proc_ns.hlinux/reboot.hlinux/export.hlinux/sched/task.hlinux/sched/signal.hlinux/idr.hlinux/nstree.huapi/linux/wait.hpid_sysctl.h
Detected Declarations
function dec_pid_namespacesfunction delayed_free_pidnsfunction destroy_pid_namespacefunction destroy_pid_namespace_workfunction put_pid_nsfunction zap_pid_ns_processesfunction pid_ns_ctl_handlerfunction reboot_pid_nsfunction pidns_putfunction pidns_is_ancestorfunction pidns_installfunction pid_namespaces_initexport put_pid_ns
Annotated Snippet
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* Pid namespaces
*
* Authors:
* (C) 2007 Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>, OpenVZ, SWsoft Inc.
* (C) 2007 Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@us.ibm.com>, IBM
* Many thanks to Oleg Nesterov for comments and help
*
*/
#include <linux/pid.h>
#include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
#include <linux/user_namespace.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/cred.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/acct.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/proc_ns.h>
#include <linux/reboot.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/sched/task.h>
#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
#include <linux/idr.h>
#include <linux/nstree.h>
#include <uapi/linux/wait.h>
#include "pid_sysctl.h"
static DEFINE_MUTEX(pid_caches_mutex);
static struct kmem_cache *pid_ns_cachep;
/* Write once array, filled from the beginning. */
static struct kmem_cache *pid_cache[MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL];
/*
* creates the kmem cache to allocate pids from.
* @level: pid namespace level
*/
static struct kmem_cache *create_pid_cachep(unsigned int level)
{
/* Level 0 is init_pid_ns.pid_cachep */
struct kmem_cache **pkc = &pid_cache[level - 1];
struct kmem_cache *kc;
char name[4 + 10 + 1];
unsigned int len;
kc = READ_ONCE(*pkc);
if (kc)
return kc;
snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "pid_%u", level + 1);
len = struct_size_t(struct pid, numbers, level + 1);
mutex_lock(&pid_caches_mutex);
/* Name collision forces to do allocation under mutex. */
if (!*pkc)
*pkc = kmem_cache_create(name, len, 0,
SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_ACCOUNT, NULL);
mutex_unlock(&pid_caches_mutex);
/* current can fail, but someone else can succeed. */
return READ_ONCE(*pkc);
}
static struct ucounts *inc_pid_namespaces(struct user_namespace *ns)
{
return inc_ucount(ns, current_euid(), UCOUNT_PID_NAMESPACES);
}
static void dec_pid_namespaces(struct ucounts *ucounts)
{
dec_ucount(ucounts, UCOUNT_PID_NAMESPACES);
}
static void destroy_pid_namespace_work(struct work_struct *work);
static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
struct pid_namespace *parent_pid_ns)
{
struct pid_namespace *ns;
unsigned int level = parent_pid_ns->level + 1;
struct ucounts *ucounts;
int err;
err = -EINVAL;
if (!in_userns(parent_pid_ns->user_ns, user_ns))
goto out;
err = -ENOSPC;
if (level > MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL)
goto out;
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/pid.h`, `linux/pid_namespace.h`, `linux/user_namespace.h`, `linux/syscalls.h`, `linux/cred.h`, `linux/err.h`, `linux/acct.h`, `linux/slab.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function dec_pid_namespaces`, `function delayed_free_pidns`, `function destroy_pid_namespace`, `function destroy_pid_namespace_work`, `function put_pid_ns`, `function zap_pid_ns_processes`, `function pid_ns_ctl_handler`, `function reboot_pid_ns`, `function pidns_put`, `function pidns_is_ancestor`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Scheduler, Processes, Timers, Sync, And Syscalls.
- Implementation status: integration implementation candidate.
- This snippet crosses the user/kernel memory boundary; validate fault handling and access checks before translating the pattern.
- Synchronization appears in or near this file; preserve lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt-context constraints.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.