xref: /linux/kernel/utsname.c (revision f15cbe6f1a4b4d9df59142fc8e4abb973302cf44)
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/version.h>
16 #include <linux/err.h>
17 #include <linux/slab.h>
18 
19 /*
20  * Clone a new ns copying an original utsname, setting refcount to 1
21  * @old_ns: namespace to clone
22  * Return NULL on error (failure to kmalloc), new ns otherwise
23  */
24 static struct uts_namespace *clone_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
25 {
26 	struct uts_namespace *ns;
27 
28 	ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct uts_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
29 	if (!ns)
30 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
31 
32 	down_read(&uts_sem);
33 	memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
34 	up_read(&uts_sem);
35 	kref_init(&ns->kref);
36 	return ns;
37 }
38 
39 /*
40  * Copy task tsk's utsname namespace, or clone it if flags
41  * specifies CLONE_NEWUTS.  In latter case, changes to the
42  * utsname of this process won't be seen by parent, and vice
43  * versa.
44  */
45 struct uts_namespace *copy_utsname(unsigned long flags, struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
46 {
47 	struct uts_namespace *new_ns;
48 
49 	BUG_ON(!old_ns);
50 	get_uts_ns(old_ns);
51 
52 	if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWUTS))
53 		return old_ns;
54 
55 	new_ns = clone_uts_ns(old_ns);
56 
57 	put_uts_ns(old_ns);
58 	return new_ns;
59 }
60 
61 void free_uts_ns(struct kref *kref)
62 {
63 	struct uts_namespace *ns;
64 
65 	ns = container_of(kref, struct uts_namespace, kref);
66 	kfree(ns);
67 }
68