1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c
index add57c7e4c07..9ca2848fc356 100644
--- a/kernel/user.c
+++ b/kernel/user.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static inline void uid_hash_insert(struct user_struct *up, struct hlist_head *ha
 
 static inline void uid_hash_remove(struct user_struct *up)
 {
-        hlist_del(&up->uidhash_node);
+        hlist_del_init(&up->uidhash_node);
 }
 
 static inline struct user_struct *uid_hash_find(uid_t uid, struct hlist_head *hashent)
@@ -199,6 +199,30 @@ void switch_uid(struct user_struct *new_user)
         suid_keys(current);
 }
 
+void release_uids(struct user_namespace *ns)
+{
+        int i;
+        unsigned long flags;
+        struct hlist_head *head;
+        struct hlist_node *nd;
+
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&uidhash_lock, flags);
+        /*
+         * collapse the chains so that the user_struct-s will
+         * be still alive, but not in hashes. subsequent free_uid()
+         * will free them.
+         */
+        for (i = 0; i < UIDHASH_SZ; i++) {
+                head = ns->uidhash_table + i;
+                while (!hlist_empty(head)) {
+                        nd = head->first;
+                        hlist_del_init(nd);
+                }
+        }
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&uidhash_lock, flags);
+
+        free_uid(ns->root_user);
+}
 
 static int __init uid_cache_init(void)
 {