Alexey Gladkov <[email protected]> writes: > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 07:08:57AM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> Alexey Gladkov <[email protected]> writes: >> >> > The proc_pid_ns() can be used for both inode and dentry. To avoid making >> > two identical functions, change the argument type of the proc_pid_ns(). >> > >> > Link: >> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/ >> > Reported-by: [email protected] >> > Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <[email protected]> >> >> So overall this looks good. >> >> However, the description leaves a little bit to be desired as it does >> not describe why it is bad to use dentry->d_sb. A fixes tag would be >> nice if for no other reason than to help anyone who decides to backport >> this. > > OK. I will add it.
Thank you. It really helps to have the full description of why in the commit comments. >> And can you please compile test this? >> >> There is a very silly typo in proc that keeps this from compiling. > > I compiled the kernel with this patch and ran the kernel, but accidentally > did not check children_seq_show(). Sorry. Yes, children_seq_show is behind a sneaky CONFIG option. Eric
