Re: [PATCH] ns: don't add init_ipc_ns and init_net without namespace support

[Christian Brauner]

On Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:50:07 +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> When CONFIG_IPC_NS or CONFIG_NET_NS are turned off we still add the
> initial ipc and network namespace to the namespace trees. ipc_ns_init()
> calls ns_tree_add(&init_ipc_ns) whenever CONFIG_SYSVIPC is set and
> setup_net() calls ns_tree_add_raw() on init_net whenever CONFIG_NET is
> set.
> 
> But without CONFIG_IPC_NS and CONFIG_NET_NS these aren't namespaces
> userspace can do anything with. They don't have proc_ns_operations so
> there's no /proc/<pid>/ns/{ipc,net} for them, nsfs_fh_to_dentry()
> refuses them with -EOPNOTSUPP, and since ns->ops is NULL
> __ns_tree_add_raw() doesn't add them to the owner list of init_user_ns
> either. So they end up half registered. That's also not how we treat
> any of the other namespace types. Without CONFIG_UTS_NS, CONFIG_PID_NS,
> CONFIG_TIME_NS or CONFIG_USER_NS the initial namespace is never added
> to the tree.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/1] ns: don't add init_ipc_ns and init_net without namespace support
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/82f1c815aaef