Delay struct net freeing while there's a sysfs instance refering to it

	* new refcount in struct net, controlling actual freeing of the memory
	* new method in kobj_ns_type_operations (->drop_ns())
	* ->current_ns() semantics change - it's supposed to be followed by
corresponding ->drop_ns().  For struct net in case of CONFIG_NET_NS it bumps
the new refcount; net_drop_ns() decrements it and calls net_free() if the
last reference has been dropped.  Method renamed to ->grab_current_ns().
	* old net_free() callers call net_drop_ns() instead.
	* sysfs_exit_ns() is gone, along with a large part of callchain
leading to it; now that the references stored in ->ns[...] stay valid we
do not need to hunt them down and replace them with NULL.  That fixes
problems in sysfs_lookup() and sysfs_readdir(), along with getting rid
of sb->s_instances abuse.

	Note that struct net *shutdown* logics has not changed - net_cleanup()
is called exactly when it used to be called.  The only thing postponed by
having a sysfs instance refering to that struct net is actual freeing of
memory occupied by struct net.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kobject_ns.h b/include/linux/kobject_ns.h
index 82cb5bf461f..f66b065a8b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject_ns.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject_ns.h
@@ -32,15 +32,17 @@ enum kobj_ns_type {
 
 /*
  * Callbacks so sysfs can determine namespaces
- *   @current_ns: return calling task's namespace
+ *   @grab_current_ns: return a new reference to calling task's namespace
  *   @netlink_ns: return namespace to which a sock belongs (right?)
  *   @initial_ns: return the initial namespace (i.e. init_net_ns)
+ *   @drop_ns: drops a reference to namespace
  */
 struct kobj_ns_type_operations {
 	enum kobj_ns_type type;
-	const void *(*current_ns)(void);
+	void *(*grab_current_ns)(void);
 	const void *(*netlink_ns)(struct sock *sk);
 	const void *(*initial_ns)(void);
+	void (*drop_ns)(void *);
 };
 
 int kobj_ns_type_register(const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops);
@@ -48,9 +50,9 @@ int kobj_ns_type_registered(enum kobj_ns_type type);
 const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_child_ns_ops(struct kobject *parent);
 const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_ns_ops(struct kobject *kobj);
 
-const void *kobj_ns_current(enum kobj_ns_type type);
+void *kobj_ns_grab_current(enum kobj_ns_type type);
 const void *kobj_ns_netlink(enum kobj_ns_type type, struct sock *sk);
 const void *kobj_ns_initial(enum kobj_ns_type type);
-void kobj_ns_exit(enum kobj_ns_type type, const void *ns);
+void kobj_ns_drop(enum kobj_ns_type type, void *ns);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_KOBJECT_NS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index c3acda60eee..e2696d76a59 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -177,9 +177,6 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 void sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 
-/* Called to clear a ns tag when it is no longer valid */
-void sysfs_exit_ns(enum kobj_ns_type type, const void *tag);
-
 int __must_check sysfs_init(void);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
@@ -338,10 +335,6 @@ static inline void sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 }
 
-static inline void sysfs_exit_ns(int type, const void *tag)
-{
-}
-
 static inline int __must_check sysfs_init(void)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index 2bf9ed9ef26..aef430d779b 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ struct netns_ipvs;
 #define NETDEV_HASHENTRIES (1 << NETDEV_HASHBITS)
 
 struct net {
+	atomic_t		passive;	/* To decided when the network
+						 * namespace should be freed.
+						 */
 	atomic_t		count;		/* To decided when the network
-						 *  namespace should be freed.
+						 *  namespace should be shut down.
 						 */
 #ifdef NETNS_REFCNT_DEBUG
 	atomic_t		use_count;	/* To track references we
@@ -154,6 +157,9 @@ int net_eq(const struct net *net1, const struct net *net2)
 {
 	return net1 == net2;
 }
+
+extern void net_drop_ns(void *);
+
 #else
 
 static inline struct net *get_net(struct net *net)
@@ -175,6 +181,8 @@ int net_eq(const struct net *net1, const struct net *net2)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
+
+#define net_drop_ns NULL
 #endif