diff --git a/ipc/ipcns_notifier.c b/ipc/ipcns_notifier.c
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+/*
+ * linux/ipc/ipcns_notifier.c
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 BULL SA. Nadia Derbey
+ *
+ * Notification mechanism for ipc namespaces:
+ * The callback routine registered in the memory chain invokes the ipcns
+ * notifier chain with the IPCNS_MEMCHANGED event.
+ * Each callback routine registered in the ipcns namespace recomputes msgmni
+ * for the owning namespace.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/msg.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
+#include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
+
+#include "util.h"
+
+
+
+static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(ipcns_chain);
+
+
+static int ipcns_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
+				unsigned long action, void *arg)
+{
+	struct ipc_namespace *ns;
+
+	switch (action) {
+	case IPCNS_MEMCHANGED:   /* amount of lowmem has changed */
+		/*
+		 * It's time to recompute msgmni
+		 */
+		ns = container_of(self, struct ipc_namespace, ipcns_nb);
+		/*
+		 * No need to get a reference on the ns: the 1st job of
+		 * free_ipc_ns() is to unregister the callback routine.
+		 * blocking_notifier_chain_unregister takes the wr lock to do
+		 * it.
+		 * When this callback routine is called the rd lock is held by
+		 * blocking_notifier_call_chain.
+		 * So the ipc ns cannot be freed while we are here.
+		 */
+		recompute_msgmni(ns);
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+int register_ipcns_notifier(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	memset(&ns->ipcns_nb, 0, sizeof(ns->ipcns_nb));
+	ns->ipcns_nb.notifier_call = ipcns_callback;
+	ns->ipcns_nb.priority = IPCNS_CALLBACK_PRI;
+	return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&ipcns_chain, &ns->ipcns_nb);
+}
+
+int unregister_ipcns_notifier(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&ipcns_chain,
+						&ns->ipcns_nb);
+}
+
+int ipcns_notify(unsigned long val)
+{
+	return blocking_notifier_call_chain(&ipcns_chain, val, NULL);
+}