1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index 8e7811086b82..ef42d0ab3115 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -204,20 +204,13 @@ void switch_task_namespaces(struct task_struct *p, struct nsproxy *new)
 
         might_sleep();
 
+        task_lock(p);
         ns = p->nsproxy;
+        p->nsproxy = new;
+        task_unlock(p);
 
-        rcu_assign_pointer(p->nsproxy, new);
-
-        if (ns && atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->count)) {
-                /*
-                 * wait for others to get what they want from this nsproxy.
-                 *
-                 * cannot release this nsproxy via the call_rcu() since
-                 * put_mnt_ns() will want to sleep
-                 */
-                synchronize_rcu();
+        if (ns && atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->count))
                 free_nsproxy(ns);
-        }
 }
 
 void exit_task_namespaces(struct task_struct *p)