linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds e7c93cbfe9 threads-v5.8
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Merge tag 'threads-v5.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brauner/linux

Pull thread updates from Christian Brauner:
 "We have been discussing using pidfds to attach to namespaces for quite
  a while and the patches have in one form or another already existed
  for about a year. But I wanted to wait to see how the general api
  would be received and adopted.

  This contains the changes to make it possible to use pidfds to attach
  to the namespaces of a process, i.e. they can be passed as the first
  argument to the setns() syscall.

  When only a single namespace type is specified the semantics are
  equivalent to passing an nsfd. That means setns(nsfd, CLONE_NEWNET)
  equals setns(pidfd, CLONE_NEWNET).

  However, when a pidfd is passed, multiple namespace flags can be
  specified in the second setns() argument and setns() will attach the
  caller to all the specified namespaces all at once or to none of them.

  Specifying 0 is not valid together with a pidfd. Here are just two
  obvious examples:

    setns(pidfd, CLONE_NEWPID | CLONE_NEWNS | CLONE_NEWNET);
    setns(pidfd, CLONE_NEWUSER);

  Allowing to also attach subsets of namespaces supports various
  use-cases where callers setns to a subset of namespaces to retain
  privilege, perform an action and then re-attach another subset of
  namespaces.

  Apart from significantly reducing the number of syscalls needed to
  attach to all currently supported namespaces (eight "open+setns"
  sequences vs just a single "setns()"), this also allows atomic setns
  to a set of namespaces, i.e. either attaching to all namespaces
  succeeds or we fail without having changed anything.

  This is centered around a new internal struct nsset which holds all
  information necessary for a task to switch to a new set of namespaces
  atomically. Fwiw, with this change a pidfd becomes the only token
  needed to interact with a container. I'm expecting this to be
  picked-up by util-linux for nsenter rather soon.

  Associated with this change is a shiny new test-suite dedicated to
  setns() (for pidfds and nsfds alike)"

* tag 'threads-v5.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brauner/linux:
  selftests/pidfd: add pidfd setns tests
  nsproxy: attach to namespaces via pidfds
  nsproxy: add struct nsset
2020-06-03 13:12:57 -07:00
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bpf mm: remove vmalloc_user_node_flags 2020-06-02 10:59:11 -07:00
cgroup threads-v5.8 2020-06-03 13:12:57 -07:00
configs compiler: remove CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING entirely 2020-04-07 10:43:42 -07:00
debug SPDX patches for 5.7-rc1. 2020-04-03 13:12:26 -07:00
dma dma-mapping: use vmap insted of reimplementing it 2020-06-02 10:59:10 -07:00
events Linux 5.7-rc7 2020-05-28 07:58:12 +02:00
gcov kernel/gcov/fs.c: gcov_seq_next() should increase position index 2020-04-10 15:36:22 -07:00
irq irqchip updates for Linux 5.8: 2020-05-30 09:40:12 +02:00
livepatch New tracing features: 2019-11-27 11:42:01 -08:00
locking The biggest change to core locking facilities in this cycle is the introduction 2020-06-01 13:03:31 -07:00
power PM: hibernate: Restrict writes to the resume device 2020-05-27 17:55:59 +02:00
printk The RCU updates for this cycle were: 2020-06-01 12:56:29 -07:00
rcu Merge branch 'WIP.core/rcu' into core/rcu, to pick up two x86/entry dependencies 2020-06-01 11:47:29 +02:00
sched The changes in this cycle are: 2020-06-03 13:06:42 -07:00
time nsproxy: add struct nsset 2020-05-09 13:57:12 +02:00
trace for-5.8/block-2020-06-01 2020-06-02 15:29:19 -07:00
.gitignore .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
acct.c acct: stop using get_seconds() 2019-12-18 18:07:31 +01:00
async.c
audit_fsnotify.c fsnotify: use helpers to access data by data_type 2020-03-23 18:19:06 +01:00
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c \n 2020-04-06 08:58:42 -07:00
audit.c audit/stable-5.8 PR 20200601 2020-06-02 17:13:37 -07:00
audit.h audit: fix a net reference leak in audit_list_rules_send() 2020-04-22 15:23:10 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix a net reference leak in audit_list_rules_send() 2020-04-22 15:23:10 -04:00
auditsc.c audit: add subj creds to NETFILTER_CFG record to 2020-05-20 18:09:19 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
compat.c uaccess: Selectively open read or write user access 2020-05-01 12:35:21 +10:00
configs.c proc: convert everything to "struct proc_ops" 2020-02-04 03:05:26 +00:00
context_tracking.c context-tracking: Introduce CONFIG_HAVE_TIF_NOHZ 2020-02-14 16:05:04 +01:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c The changes in this cycle are: 2020-06-03 13:06:42 -07:00
crash_core.c
crash_dump.c crash_dump: Remove no longer used saved_max_pfn 2020-04-15 11:21:54 +02:00
cred.c kernel: doc: remove outdated comment cred.c 2020-03-25 10:04:01 -05:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c The changes in this cycle are: 2020-06-03 13:06:42 -07:00
extable.c kernel/extable.c: use address-of operator on section symbols 2020-04-07 10:43:42 -07:00
fail_function.c
fork.c arm64 updates for 5.8 2020-06-01 15:18:27 -07:00
freezer.c Revert "libata, freezer: avoid block device removal while system is frozen" 2019-10-06 09:11:37 -06:00
futex.c futex: get rid of a kernel-docs build warning 2020-04-20 15:45:41 -06:00
gen_kheaders.sh kheaders: explain why include/config/autoconf.h is excluded from md5sum 2019-11-11 20:10:01 +09:00
groups.c mm: remove the pgprot argument to __vmalloc 2020-06-02 10:59:11 -07:00
hung_task.c
iomem.c
irq_work.c irq_work, smp: Allow irq_work on call_single_queue 2020-05-28 10:54:15 +02:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kallsyms: unexport kallsyms_lookup_name() and kallsyms_on_each_symbol() 2020-04-07 10:43:44 -07:00
kcmp.c kernel/kcmp.c: Use new infrastructure to fix deadlocks in execve 2020-03-25 10:04:01 -05:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks sched/rt, locking: Use CONFIG_PREEMPTION 2019-12-08 14:37:36 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt sched/Kconfig: Fix spelling mistake in user-visible help text 2019-11-12 11:35:32 +01:00
kcov.c kernel/kcov.c: fix typos in kcov_remote_start documentation 2020-05-07 19:27:20 -07:00
kexec_core.c kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
kexec.c kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
kheaders.c
kmod.c kmod: make request_module() return an error when autoloading is disabled 2020-04-10 15:36:22 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Prevent probes in .noinstr.text section 2020-05-19 15:56:20 +02:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kthread: Do not preempt current task if it is going to call schedule() 2020-03-20 13:06:20 +01:00
latencytop.c proc: convert everything to "struct proc_ops" 2020-02-04 03:05:26 +00:00
Makefile scs: Add support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack (SCS) 2020-05-15 16:35:45 +01:00
module_signature.c
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-06-02 12:21:36 -07:00
notifier.c mm: remove vmalloc_sync_(un)mappings() 2020-06-02 10:59:12 -07:00
nsproxy.c nsproxy: attach to namespaces via pidfds 2020-05-13 11:41:22 +02:00
padata.c padata: add separate cpuhp node for CPUHP_PADATA_DEAD 2020-04-30 15:19:33 +10:00
panic.c locking/refcount: Remove unused 'refcount_error_report()' function 2019-11-25 09:15:42 +01:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c nsproxy: add struct nsset 2020-05-09 13:57:12 +02:00
pid.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2020-04-10 12:59:56 -07:00
profile.c proc: convert everything to "struct proc_ops" 2020-02-04 03:05:26 +00:00
ptrace.c ptrace: reintroduce usage of subjective credentials in ptrace_has_cap() 2020-01-18 13:51:39 +01:00
range.c
reboot.c printk: Collapse shutdown types into a single dump reason 2020-05-30 10:34:03 -07:00
relay.c docs: filesystems: fix renamed references 2020-04-20 15:45:22 -06:00
resource.c
rseq.c rseq: Reject unknown flags on rseq unregister 2019-12-25 10:41:20 +01:00
scs.c scs: Remove references to asm/scs.h from core code 2020-05-18 17:47:45 +01:00
seccomp.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-03-31 17:29:33 -07:00
signal.c Merge branch 'work.set_fs-exec' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-06-01 16:21:46 -07:00
smp.c The changes in this cycle are: 2020-06-03 13:06:42 -07:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c lockdep: Rename trace_{hard,soft}{irq_context,irqs_enabled}() 2020-03-21 16:03:54 +01:00
stackleak.c
stacktrace.c stacktrace: Get rid of unneeded '!!' pattern 2019-11-11 10:30:59 +01:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Make stop_cpus() static 2020-01-17 10:19:21 +01:00
sys_ni.c y2038: allow disabling time32 system calls 2019-11-15 14:38:30 +01:00
sys.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-06-02 12:21:36 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c sysctl: Remove the sysctl system call 2019-11-26 13:03:56 -06:00
sysctl-test.c kunit: allow kunit tests to be loaded as a module 2020-01-09 16:42:29 -07:00
sysctl.c Revert "docs: sysctl/kernel: document ngroups_max" 2020-05-18 06:19:25 -06:00
task_work.c task_work_run: don't take ->pi_lock unconditionally 2020-03-02 14:06:33 -07:00
taskstats.c taskstats: fix data-race 2019-12-04 15:18:39 +01:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c CPU (hotplug) updates: 2020-03-30 18:06:39 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c tsacct: add 64-bit btime field 2019-12-18 18:07:31 +01:00
ucount.c ucount: Make sure ucounts in /proc/sys/user don't regress again 2020-04-07 21:51:27 +02:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-05-15 13:10:06 -07:00
up.c smp/up: Make smp_call_function_single() match SMP semantics 2020-02-07 15:34:12 +01:00
user_namespace.c nsproxy: add struct nsset 2020-05-09 13:57:12 +02:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c nsproxy: add struct nsset 2020-05-09 13:57:12 +02:00
watchdog_hld.c
watchdog.c watchdog/softlockup: Enforce that timestamp is valid on boot 2020-01-17 11:19:22 +01:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c workqueue: Remove the warning in wq_worker_sleeping() 2020-04-08 11:35:20 +02:00