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-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c11
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index f7b418217633..08dfbd748cd2 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1656,19 +1656,18 @@ bool do_notify_parent(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig)
info.si_signo = sig;
info.si_errno = 0;
/*
- * we are under tasklist_lock here so our parent is tied to
- * us and cannot exit and release its namespace.
+ * We are under tasklist_lock here so our parent is tied to
+ * us and cannot change.
*
- * the only it can is to switch its nsproxy with sys_unshare,
- * bu uncharing pid namespaces is not allowed, so we'll always
- * see relevant namespace
+ * task_active_pid_ns will always return the same pid namespace
+ * until a task passes through release_task.
*
* write_lock() currently calls preempt_disable() which is the
* same as rcu_read_lock(), but according to Oleg, this is not
* correct to rely on this
*/
rcu_read_lock();
- info.si_pid = task_pid_nr_ns(tsk, tsk->parent->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+ info.si_pid = task_pid_nr_ns(tsk, task_active_pid_ns(tsk->parent));
info.si_uid = from_kuid_munged(task_cred_xxx(tsk->parent, user_ns),
task_uid(tsk));
rcu_read_unlock();