[PATCH v2 6/7] audit: Use task_is_in_init_pid_ns()

Leo Yan leo.yan at linaro.org
Wed Dec 15 17:09:32 PST 2021


On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 02:09:12PM -0500, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> On 2021-12-14 17:35, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 3:33 AM Leo Yan <leo.yan at linaro.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Replace open code with task_is_in_init_pid_ns() for checking root PID
> > > namespace.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at linaro.org>
> > > ---
> > >  kernel/audit.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > I'm not sure how necessary this is, but it looks correct to me.
> 
> I had the same thought.  I looks correct to me.  I could see the value
> if it permitted init_pid_ns to not be global.

Just for a background info, we need to check root PID namespace in some
drivers [1], to avoid introducing more open codes, we decided to refactor
with helper task_is_in_init_pid_ns().

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211213121323.1887180-1-leo.yan@linaro.org/

> > Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com>

Thanks for review, Paul and Richard.

Leo



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