Merge commit 'v3.17' into next

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index 8e7811086b8..ef42d0ab311 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -204,20 +204,13 @@ void switch_task_namespaces(struct task_struct *p, struct nsproxy *new)
 
 	might_sleep();
 
+	task_lock(p);
 	ns = p->nsproxy;
+	p->nsproxy = new;
+	task_unlock(p);
 
-	rcu_assign_pointer(p->nsproxy, new);
-
-	if (ns && atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->count)) {
-		/*
-		 * wait for others to get what they want from this nsproxy.
-		 *
-		 * cannot release this nsproxy via the call_rcu() since
-		 * put_mnt_ns() will want to sleep
-		 */
-		synchronize_rcu();
+	if (ns && atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->count))
 		free_nsproxy(ns);
-	}
 }
 
 void exit_task_namespaces(struct task_struct *p)