userns: Deprecate and rename the user_namespace reference in the user_struct

With a user_ns reference in struct cred the only user of the user namespace
reference in struct user_struct is to keep the uid hash table alive.

The user_namespace reference in struct user_struct will be going away soon, and
I have removed all of the references.  Rename the field from user_ns to _user_ns
so that the compiler can verify nothing follows the user struct to the user
namespace anymore.

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 720ce8d98a7..6867ae9bc8a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ struct user_struct {
         /* Hash table maintenance information */
         struct hlist_node uidhash_node;
         uid_t uid;
-        struct user_namespace *user_ns;
+        struct user_namespace *_user_ns; /* Don't use will be removed soon */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
         atomic_long_t locked_vm;
diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c
index 71dd2363ab0..d65fec0615a 100644
--- a/kernel/user.c
+++ b/kernel/user.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct user_struct root_user = {
         .files          = ATOMIC_INIT(0),
         .sigpending     = ATOMIC_INIT(0),
         .locked_shm     = 0,
-        .user_ns        = &init_user_ns,
+        ._user_ns       = &init_user_ns,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void uid_hash_insert(struct user_struct *up, struct hlist_head *hashent)
 static void uid_hash_remove(struct user_struct *up)
 {
         hlist_del_init(&up->uidhash_node);
-        put_user_ns(up->user_ns);
+        put_user_ns(up->_user_ns); /* It is safe to free the uid hash table now */
 }
 
 static struct user_struct *uid_hash_find(uid_t uid, struct hlist_head *hashent)
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ struct user_struct *alloc_uid(struct user_namespace *ns, uid_t uid)
                 new->uid = uid;
                 atomic_set(&new->__count, 1);
 
-                new->user_ns = get_user_ns(ns);
+                new->_user_ns = get_user_ns(ns);
 
                 /*
                  * Before adding this, check whether we raced