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-rw-r--r--kernel/acct.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index 0feba97..dd68b90 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -657,7 +657,8 @@ static void acct_process_in_ns(struct pid_namespace *ns)
}
/**
- * acct_process - now just a wrapper around do_acct_process
+ * acct_process - now just a wrapper around acct_process_in_ns,
+ * which in turn is a wrapper around do_acct_process.
*
* handles process accounting for an exiting task
*/
@@ -665,6 +666,11 @@ void acct_process(void)
{
struct pid_namespace *ns;
+ /*
+ * This loop is safe lockless, since current is still
+ * alive and holds its namespace, which in turn holds
+ * its parent.
+ */
for (ns = task_active_pid_ns(current); ns != NULL; ns = ns->parent)
acct_process_in_ns(ns);
}
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