xref: /linux/kernel/utsname.c (revision a348a7e6fdbcd2d5192a09719a479bb238fde727)
1 /*
2  *  Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corporation
3  *
4  *  Author: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
5  *
6  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7  *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
8  *  published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the
9  *  License.
10  */
11 
12 #include <linux/module.h>
13 #include <linux/uts.h>
14 #include <linux/utsname.h>
15 #include <linux/err.h>
16 #include <linux/slab.h>
17 
18 static struct uts_namespace *create_uts_ns(void)
19 {
20 	struct uts_namespace *uts_ns;
21 
22 	uts_ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct uts_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
23 	if (uts_ns)
24 		kref_init(&uts_ns->kref);
25 	return uts_ns;
26 }
27 
28 /*
29  * Clone a new ns copying an original utsname, setting refcount to 1
30  * @old_ns: namespace to clone
31  * Return NULL on error (failure to kmalloc), new ns otherwise
32  */
33 static struct uts_namespace *clone_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
34 {
35 	struct uts_namespace *ns;
36 
37 	ns = create_uts_ns();
38 	if (!ns)
39 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
40 
41 	down_read(&uts_sem);
42 	memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
43 	up_read(&uts_sem);
44 	return ns;
45 }
46 
47 /*
48  * Copy task tsk's utsname namespace, or clone it if flags
49  * specifies CLONE_NEWUTS.  In latter case, changes to the
50  * utsname of this process won't be seen by parent, and vice
51  * versa.
52  */
53 struct uts_namespace *copy_utsname(unsigned long flags, struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
54 {
55 	struct uts_namespace *new_ns;
56 
57 	BUG_ON(!old_ns);
58 	get_uts_ns(old_ns);
59 
60 	if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWUTS))
61 		return old_ns;
62 
63 	new_ns = clone_uts_ns(old_ns);
64 
65 	put_uts_ns(old_ns);
66 	return new_ns;
67 }
68 
69 void free_uts_ns(struct kref *kref)
70 {
71 	struct uts_namespace *ns;
72 
73 	ns = container_of(kref, struct uts_namespace, kref);
74 	kfree(ns);
75 }
76