linux/fs/fs_struct.c
Christian Brauner 272fa19991
fs: stop rewriting paths for PF_EXITING | PF_DUMPCORE
Skip exiting and core-dumping tasks when rewriting fs_struct paths in
chroot_fs_refs(). Such a task is about to release its fs_struct via
exit_fs() anyway, so the worst case is that it lingers on a stale
root/pwd until it does.

This isn't entirely free: a skipped task keeps its reference on the old
root, so after a pivot_root() the old root can't be torn down until the
task is gone. With umount2(MNT_DETACH) that only defers destruction of
the old rootfs; a plain umount() could in principle fail with -EBUSY.
In practice this doesn't matter -- pivot_root(2) is meant to be paired
with MNT_DETACH and isn't issued while other tasks are actively using
the mount namespace -- so the transient pin is harmless.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260601-work-kthread-nullfs-v4-25-77ee053060e0@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-06-29 10:54:43 +02:00

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