On Fri, Sep 06, 2019 at 04:24:35PM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > > + tmp = kmalloc(fnamesize, GFP_ATOMIC); > > + if (unlikely(!tmp)) { > > + __putname(fname); > > + ret = -ENOMEM; > > + goto clear; > > + } > > + > > + tmp->name = (char *)fname; > > + fname = tmp; > > + len = strlen(pidns_path) + 1; > > + memcpy((char *)fname->name, pidns_path, len); > > + fname->uptr = NULL; > > + fname->aname = NULL; > > + fname->refcnt = 1; > > + > > + ret = filename_lookup(AT_FDCWD, fname, 0, &kp, NULL); > > + if (ret) > > + goto clear; > > Where do I begin? > * getname_kernel() is there for purpose > * so's kern_path(), damnit Oh, and filename_lookup() *CAN* sleep, obviously. So that GFP_ATOMIC above is completely pointless. > > + > > + inode = d_backing_inode(kp.dentry); > > + pidns_info->dev = (u32)inode->i_rdev; Why are plaing with device number, anyway? And why would it be anything other than 0?