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-rw-r--r--pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go b/pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go
index 419a1d473..cb43fdcdc 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go
@@ -504,6 +504,14 @@ type CreateProcessArgs struct {
// IPCNamespace is the initial IPC namespace.
IPCNamespace *IPCNamespace
+
+ // Root optionally contains the dirent that serves as the root for the
+ // process. If nil, the mount namespace's root is used as the process'
+ // root.
+ //
+ // Anyone setting Root must donate a reference (i.e. increment it) to
+ // keep it alive until it is decremented by CreateProcess.
+ Root *fs.Dirent
}
// NewContext returns a context.Context that represents the task that will be
@@ -581,8 +589,12 @@ func (k *Kernel) CreateProcess(args CreateProcessArgs) (*ThreadGroup, error) {
ctx := args.NewContext(k)
// Grab the root directory.
- root := fs.RootFromContext(ctx)
+ root := args.Root
+ if root == nil {
+ root = fs.RootFromContext(ctx)
+ }
defer root.DecRef()
+ args.Root = nil
// Grab the working directory.
wd := root // Default.