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[linux-2.6/lfs.git] / kernel / utsname.c
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1 /*
2 * Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corporation
4 * Author: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
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.
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 #include <linux/slab.h>
20 * Clone a new ns copying an original utsname, setting refcount to 1
21 * @old_ns: namespace to clone
22 * Return NULL on error (failure to kmalloc), new ns otherwise
24 static struct uts_namespace *clone_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
26 struct uts_namespace *ns;
28 ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct uts_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
29 if (!ns)
30 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
32 down_read(&uts_sem);
33 memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
34 up_read(&uts_sem);
35 kref_init(&ns->kref);
36 return ns;
40 * Copy task tsk's utsname namespace, or clone it if flags
41 * specifies CLONE_NEWUTS. In latter case, changes to the
42 * utsname of this process won't be seen by parent, and vice
43 * versa.
45 struct uts_namespace *copy_utsname(unsigned long flags, struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
47 struct uts_namespace *new_ns;
49 BUG_ON(!old_ns);
50 get_uts_ns(old_ns);
52 if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWUTS))
53 return old_ns;
55 new_ns = clone_uts_ns(old_ns);
57 put_uts_ns(old_ns);
58 return new_ns;
61 void free_uts_ns(struct kref *kref)
63 struct uts_namespace *ns;
65 ns = container_of(kref, struct uts_namespace, kref);
66 kfree(ns);