+struct ns_common *ns_get_owner(struct ns_common *ns)
+{
+ struct user_namespace *my_user_ns = current_user_ns();
+ struct user_namespace *owner, *p;
+
+ /* See if the owner is in the current user namespace */
+ owner = p = ns->ops->owner(ns);
+ for (;;) {
+ if (!p)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+ if (p == my_user_ns)
+ break;
+ p = p->parent;
+ }
+
+ return &get_user_ns(owner)->ns;
+}
+
+static struct user_namespace *userns_owner(struct ns_common *ns)
+{
+ return to_user_ns(ns)->parent;
+}
+