1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index 478bad2745e3..eb00be205811 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -133,19 +133,26 @@ struct pid_namespace *copy_pid_ns(unsigned long flags, struct pid_namespace *old
         return create_pid_namespace(old_ns);
 }
 
-void free_pid_ns(struct kref *kref)
+static void free_pid_ns(struct kref *kref)
 {
-        struct pid_namespace *ns, *parent;
+        struct pid_namespace *ns;
 
         ns = container_of(kref, struct pid_namespace, kref);
-
-        parent = ns->parent;
         destroy_pid_namespace(ns);
+}
 
-        if (parent != NULL)
-                put_pid_ns(parent);
+void put_pid_ns(struct pid_namespace *ns)
+{
+        struct pid_namespace *parent;
+
+        while (ns != &init_pid_ns) {
+                parent = ns->parent;
+                if (!kref_put(&ns->kref, free_pid_ns))
+                        break;
+                ns = parent;
+        }
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(free_pid_ns);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_pid_ns);
 
 void zap_pid_ns_processes(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns)
 {