[PATCH v2 1/7] pid: Introduce helper task_is_in_init_pid_ns()

Suzuki K Poulose suzuki.poulose at arm.com
Wed Dec 8 02:25:06 PST 2021


On 08/12/2021 08:33, Leo Yan wrote:
> Currently the kernel uses open code in multiple places to check if a
> task is in the root PID namespace with the kind of format:
> 
>    if (task_active_pid_ns(current) == &init_pid_ns)
>        do_something();
> 
> This patch creates a new helper function, task_is_in_init_pid_ns(), it
> returns true if a passed task is in the root PID namespace, otherwise
> returns false.  So it will be used to replace open codes.
> 
> Suggested-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at linaro.org>
> ---
>   include/linux/pid_namespace.h | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
> index 7c7e627503d2..07481bb87d4e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
> @@ -86,4 +86,9 @@ extern struct pid_namespace *task_active_pid_ns(struct task_struct *tsk);
>   void pidhash_init(void);
>   void pid_idr_init(void);
>   
> +static inline bool task_is_in_init_pid_ns(struct task_struct *tsk)
> +{
> +	return task_active_pid_ns(tsk) == &init_pid_ns;
> +}
> +

Looks good to me,

Acked-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>



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