xref: /openbmc/linux/kernel/utsname.c (revision c21b37f6)
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 
18 /*
19  * Clone a new ns copying an original utsname, setting refcount to 1
20  * @old_ns: namespace to clone
21  * Return NULL on error (failure to kmalloc), new ns otherwise
22  */
23 static struct uts_namespace *clone_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
24 {
25 	struct uts_namespace *ns;
26 
27 	ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct uts_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
28 	if (!ns)
29 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
30 
31 	memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
32 	kref_init(&ns->kref);
33 	return ns;
34 }
35 
36 /*
37  * Copy task tsk's utsname namespace, or clone it if flags
38  * specifies CLONE_NEWUTS.  In latter case, changes to the
39  * utsname of this process won't be seen by parent, and vice
40  * versa.
41  */
42 struct uts_namespace *copy_utsname(unsigned long flags, struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
43 {
44 	struct uts_namespace *new_ns;
45 
46 	BUG_ON(!old_ns);
47 	get_uts_ns(old_ns);
48 
49 	if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWUTS))
50 		return old_ns;
51 
52 	new_ns = clone_uts_ns(old_ns);
53 
54 	put_uts_ns(old_ns);
55 	return new_ns;
56 }
57 
58 void free_uts_ns(struct kref *kref)
59 {
60 	struct uts_namespace *ns;
61 
62 	ns = container_of(kref, struct uts_namespace, kref);
63 	kfree(ns);
64 }
65