The patch titled
pidns: use kzalloc when allocating new pid_namespace struct
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
pidns-use-kzalloc-when-allocating-new-pid_namespace-struct.patch
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Subject: pidns: use kzalloc when allocating new pid_namespace struct
From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx>
It makes many fields initialization implicit helping in auto-setting
#ifdef-ed fields (bsd-acct related pointer will be such).
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/pid_namespace.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/pid_namespace.c~pidns-use-kzalloc-when-allocating-new-pid_namespace-struct kernel/pid_namespace.c
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c~pidns-use-kzalloc-when-allocating-new-pid_namespace-struct
+++ a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_
struct pid_namespace *ns;
int i;
- ns = kmem_cache_alloc(pid_ns_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+ ns = kmem_cache_zalloc(pid_ns_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
if (ns == NULL)
goto out;
@@ -84,17 +84,13 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_
goto out_free_map;
kref_init(&ns->kref);
- ns->last_pid = 0;
- ns->child_reaper = NULL;
ns->level = level;
set_bit(0, ns->pidmap[0].page);
atomic_set(&ns->pidmap[0].nr_free, BITS_PER_PAGE - 1);
- for (i = 1; i < PIDMAP_ENTRIES; i++) {
- ns->pidmap[i].page = NULL;
+ for (i = 1; i < PIDMAP_ENTRIES; i++)
atomic_set(&ns->pidmap[i].nr_free, BITS_PER_PAGE);
- }
return ns;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from xemul@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
mark-res_counter_charge_locked-with-__must_check.patch
memcg-make-global-var-read_mostly.patch
memcg-avoid-unnecessary-initialization.patch
memcg-better-migration-handling.patch
bsdacct-rename-acct_blbls-to-bsd_acct_struct.patch
pidns-use-kzalloc-when-allocating-new-pid_namespace-struct.patch
pidns-add-the-struct-bsd_acct_struct-pointer-on-pid_namespace-struct.patch
bsdacct-truthify-a-comment-near-acct_process.patch
bsdacct-make-check-timer-accept-a-bsd_acct_struct-argument.patch
bsdacct-turn-the-acct_lock-from-on-the-struct-to-global.patch
bsdacct-make-internal-code-work-with-passed-bsd_acct_struct-not-global.patch
bsdacct-switch-from-global-bsd_acct_struct-instance-to-per-pidns-one.patch
bsdacct-turn-acct-off-for-all-pidns-s-on-umount-time.patch
bsdacct-account-dying-tasks-in-all-relevant-namespaces.patch
reiser4.patch
put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-pid.patch
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