gh-95023: Add os.setns() and os.unshare() for Linux namespaces

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-19-23-28-00.gh-issue-95023.WnSPuf.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add :func:`os.setns` and :func:`os.unshare` to manage namespaces on Linux.

Modules/posixmodule.c

@@ -14743,6 +14743,54 @@ os_waitstatus_to_exitcode_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *status_obj)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SETNS
+/*[clinic input]
+os.setns
+
+    fd: fildes
+    nstype: int
+
+Reassociate thread with a namespace
+[clinic start generated code]*/
+
+static PyObject *
+os_setns_impl(PyObject *module, int fd, int nstype)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=5dbd055bfb66ecd0 input=9d2de6d8a880014b]*/
+{
+    int result;
+    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+    result = setns(fd, nstype);
+    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+    if (result == -1) {
+        return PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
+    }
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_UNSHARE
+/*[clinic input]
+os.unshare
+
+    flags: int
+
+Disassociate parts of the process execution context
+[clinic start generated code]*/
+
+static PyObject *
+os_unshare_impl(PyObject *module, int flags)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=1b3177906dd237ee input=4d655e499ec28dd6]*/
+{
+    int result;
+    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+    result = unshare(flags);
+    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+    if (result == -1) {
+        return PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
+    }
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+#endif
 
 static PyMethodDef posix_methods[] = {
 
@@ -14930,6 +14978,8 @@ static PyMethodDef posix_methods[] = {
     OS__ADD_DLL_DIRECTORY_METHODDEF
     OS__REMOVE_DLL_DIRECTORY_METHODDEF
     OS_WAITSTATUS_TO_EXITCODE_METHODDEF
+    OS_SETNS_METHODDEF
+    OS_UNSHARE_METHODDEF
     {NULL,              NULL}            /* Sentinel */
 };
 
@@ -15468,6 +15518,50 @@ all_ins(PyObject *m)
     if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, EFD_SEMAPHORE)) return -1;
 #endif
 
+// setns(2) and unshare(2) constants
+#ifdef CLONE_FILES
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_FILES)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_FS
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_FS)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWCGROUP
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_NEWCGROUP)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWIPC
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_NEWIPC)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWNET
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_NEWNET)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWNS
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_NEWNS)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWPID
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_NEWPID)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWTIME
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_NEWTIME)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWUSER
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_NEWUSER)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWUTS
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_NEWUTS)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_SYSVSEM
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_SYSVSEM)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_THREAD
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_THREAD)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_SIGHAND
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_SIGHAND)) return -1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CLONE_VM
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, CLONE_VM)) return -1;
+#endif
+
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
     if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "_COPYFILE_DATA", COPYFILE_DATA)) return -1;
     if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "_COPYFILE_STAT", COPYFILE_STAT)) return -1;

configure.ac

@@ -4669,12 +4669,12 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ \
   rtpSpawn sched_get_priority_max sched_rr_get_interval sched_setaffinity \
   sched_setparam sched_setscheduler sem_clockwait sem_getvalue sem_open \
   sem_timedwait sem_unlink sendfile setegid seteuid setgid sethostname \
-  setitimer setlocale setpgid setpgrp setpriority setregid setresgid \
+  setitimer setlocale setns setpgid setpgrp setpriority setregid setresgid \
   setresuid setreuid setsid setuid setvbuf shutdown sigaction sigaltstack \
   sigfillset siginterrupt sigpending sigrelse sigtimedwait sigwait \
   sigwaitinfo snprintf splice strftime strlcpy strsignal symlinkat sync \
   sysconf system tcgetpgrp tcsetpgrp tempnam timegm times tmpfile \
-  tmpnam tmpnam_r truncate ttyname umask uname unlinkat utimensat utimes vfork \
+  tmpnam tmpnam_r truncate ttyname umask uname unlinkat unshare utimensat utimes vfork \
   wait wait3 wait4 waitid waitpid wcscoll wcsftime wcsxfrm wmemcmp writev \
 ])
 

pyconfig.h.in

@@ -1019,6 +1019,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `setlocale' function. */
 #undef HAVE_SETLOCALE
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `setns' function. */
+#undef HAVE_SETNS
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `setpgid' function. */
 #undef HAVE_SETPGID
 
@@ -1383,6 +1386,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `unlinkat' function. */
 #undef HAVE_UNLINKAT
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `unshare' function. */
+#undef HAVE_UNSHARE
+
 /* Define if you have a useable wchar_t type defined in wchar.h; useable means
    wchar_t must be an unsigned type with at least 16 bits. (see
    Include/unicodeobject.h). */