support: Helper functions for entering namespaces

1 files changed, 74 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/support/support_enter_network_namespace.c b/support/support_enter_network_namespace.c
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+/* Enter a network namespace.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/namespace.h>
+
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <xsocket.h>
+
+static bool in_uts_namespace;
+
+bool
+support_enter_network_namespace (void)
+{
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWUTS
+  if (unshare (CLONE_NEWUTS) == 0)
+    in_uts_namespace = true;
+  else
+    printf ("warning: unshare (CLONE_NEWUTS) failed: %m\n");
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWNET
+  if (unshare (CLONE_NEWNET) == 0)
+    {
+      /* Bring up the loopback interface.  */
+      int fd = xsocket (AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+      struct ifreq req;
+      strcpy (req.ifr_name, "lo");
+      TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ioctl (fd, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &req) == 0);
+      bool already_up = req.ifr_flags & IFF_UP;
+      if (already_up)
+        /* This means that we likely have not achieved isolation from
+           the parent namespace.  */
+        printf ("warning: loopback interface already exists"
+                " in new network namespace\n");
+      else
+        {
+          req.ifr_flags |= IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING;
+          TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ioctl (fd, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &req) == 0);
+        }
+      close (fd);
+
+      return !already_up;
+    }
+#endif
+  printf ("warning: could not enter network namespace\n");
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool
+support_in_uts_namespace (void)
+{
+  return in_uts_namespace;
+}