userns: Add an explicit reference to the parent user namespace
I am about to remove the struct user_namespace reference from struct user_struct.
So keep an explicit track of the parent user namespace.
Take advantage of this new reference and replace instances of user_ns->creator->user_ns
with user_ns->parent.
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 8b3e10e..435d074 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
*If you have a capability in a parent user ns, then you have
* it over all children user namespaces as well.
*/
- targ_ns = targ_ns->creator->user_ns;
+ targ_ns = targ_ns->parent;
}
/* We never get here */