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diff --git a/include/linux/nsproxy.h b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
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+#ifndef _LINUX_NSPROXY_H
+#define _LINUX_NSPROXY_H
+
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+struct mnt_namespace;
+struct uts_namespace;
+struct ipc_namespace;
+struct pid_namespace;
+struct fs_struct;
+
+/*
+ * A structure to contain pointers to all per-process
+ * namespaces - fs (mount), uts, network, sysvipc, etc.
+ *
+ * 'count' is the number of tasks holding a reference.
+ * The count for each namespace, then, will be the number
+ * of nsproxies pointing to it, not the number of tasks.
+ *
+ * The nsproxy is shared by tasks which share all namespaces.
+ * As soon as a single namespace is cloned or unshared, the
+ * nsproxy is copied.
+ */
+struct nsproxy {
+	atomic_t count;
+	struct uts_namespace *uts_ns;
+	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns;
+	struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns;
+	struct pid_namespace *pid_ns;
+	struct net 	     *net_ns;
+};
+extern struct nsproxy init_nsproxy;
+
+/*
+ * the namespaces access rules are:
+ *
+ *  1. only current task is allowed to change tsk->nsproxy pointer or
+ *     any pointer on the nsproxy itself
+ *
+ *  2. when accessing (i.e. reading) current task's namespaces - no
+ *     precautions should be taken - just dereference the pointers
+ *
+ *  3. the access to other task namespaces is performed like this
+ *     rcu_read_lock();
+ *     nsproxy = task_nsproxy(tsk);
+ *     if (nsproxy != NULL) {
+ *             / *
+ *               * work with the namespaces here
+ *               * e.g. get the reference on one of them
+ *               * /
+ *     } / *
+ *         * NULL task_nsproxy() means that this task is
+ *         * almost dead (zombie)
+ *         * /
+ *     rcu_read_unlock();
+ *
+ */
+
+static inline struct nsproxy *task_nsproxy(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	return rcu_dereference(tsk->nsproxy);
+}
+
+int copy_namespaces(unsigned long flags, struct task_struct *tsk);
+void exit_task_namespaces(struct task_struct *tsk);
+void switch_task_namespaces(struct task_struct *tsk, struct nsproxy *new);
+void free_nsproxy(struct nsproxy *ns);
+int unshare_nsproxy_namespaces(unsigned long, struct nsproxy **,
+	struct fs_struct *);
+int __init nsproxy_cache_init(void);
+
+static inline void put_nsproxy(struct nsproxy *ns)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->count)) {
+		free_nsproxy(ns);
+	}
+}
+
+static inline void get_nsproxy(struct nsproxy *ns)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&ns->count);
+}
+
+#endif