Quoting Alexey Dobriyan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> struct utsname is copied from master one without any exclusion.
> 
> Here is sample output from one proggie doing
> 
>       sethostname("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa");
>       sethostname("bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb");
> 
> and another
> 
>       clone(,, CLONE_NEWUTS, ...)
>       uname()
> 
> 
>       hostname = 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbb'
>       hostname = 'bbbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
>       hostname = 'aaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb'
>       hostname = 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbb'
>       hostname = 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabb'
>       hostname = 'aaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb'
>       hostname = 'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
> 
> Hostname is sometimes corrupted.
> 
> Yes, even _the_ simplest namespace activity had bug in it. :-(
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

picking my jaw up off the floor just long enough to type

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

and limp away in shame

thanks Alexey,
-serge

> ---
> 
>  kernel/utsname.c |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> --- a/kernel/utsname.c
> +++ b/kernel/utsname.c
> @@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ static struct uts_namespace *clone_uts_ns(struct 
> uts_namespace *old_ns)
>       if (!ns)
>               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>  
> +     down_read(&uts_sem);
>       memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
> +     up_read(&uts_sem);
>       kref_init(&ns->kref);
>       return ns;
>  }
> 
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