diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index a6baee3c7904..6d499ab254b7 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1786,6 +1786,11 @@ static struct mnt_namespace *to_mnt_ns(struct ns_common *ns)
 	return container_of(ns, struct mnt_namespace, ns);
 }
 
+struct ns_common *from_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *mnt)
+{
+	return &mnt->ns;
+}
+
 static bool mnt_ns_loop(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	/* Could bind mounting the mount namespace inode cause a
@@ -4013,16 +4018,18 @@ static void mntns_put(struct ns_common *ns)
 	put_mnt_ns(to_mnt_ns(ns));
 }
 
-static int mntns_install(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct ns_common *ns)
+static int mntns_install(struct nsset *nsset, struct ns_common *ns)
 {
-	struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
+	struct nsproxy *nsproxy = nsset->nsproxy;
+	struct fs_struct *fs = nsset->fs;
 	struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns = to_mnt_ns(ns), *old_mnt_ns;
+	struct user_namespace *user_ns = nsset->cred->user_ns;
 	struct path root;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!ns_capable(mnt_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
-	    !ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_CHROOT) ||
-	    !ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	    !ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_CHROOT) ||
+	    !ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (is_anon_ns(mnt_ns))
diff --git a/fs/nsfs.c b/fs/nsfs.c
index 4f1205725cfe..800c1d0eb0d0 100644
--- a/fs/nsfs.c
+++ b/fs/nsfs.c
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ int ns_get_name(char *buf, size_t size, struct task_struct *task,
 	return res;
 }
 
+bool proc_ns_file(const struct file *file)
+{
+	return file->f_op == &ns_file_operations;
+}
+
 struct file *proc_ns_fget(int fd)
 {
 	struct file *file;
diff --git a/include/linux/mnt_namespace.h b/include/linux/mnt_namespace.h
index 35942084cd40..8f882f5881e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/mnt_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/mnt_namespace.h
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 struct mnt_namespace;
 struct fs_struct;
 struct user_namespace;
+struct ns_common;
 
 extern struct mnt_namespace *copy_mnt_ns(unsigned long, struct mnt_namespace *,
 		struct user_namespace *, struct fs_struct *);
 extern void put_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *ns);
+extern struct ns_common *from_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *);
 
 extern const struct file_operations proc_mounts_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations proc_mountinfo_operations;
diff --git a/include/linux/nsproxy.h b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
index 074f395b9ad2..cdb171efc7cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/nsproxy.h
+++ b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
@@ -41,6 +41,30 @@ struct nsproxy {
 };
 extern struct nsproxy init_nsproxy;
 
+/*
+ * A structure to encompass all bits needed to install
+ * a partial or complete new set of namespaces.
+ *
+ * If a new user namespace is requested cred will
+ * point to a modifiable set of credentials. If a pointer
+ * to a modifiable set is needed nsset_cred() must be
+ * used and tested.
+ */
+struct nsset {
+	unsigned flags;
+	struct nsproxy *nsproxy;
+	struct fs_struct *fs;
+	const struct cred *cred;
+};
+
+static inline struct cred *nsset_cred(struct nsset *set)
+{
+	if (set->flags & CLONE_NEWUSER)
+		return (struct cred *)set->cred;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * the namespaces access rules are:
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 45c05fd9c99d..0cfc44d7ac74 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -179,4 +179,6 @@ static inline struct pid_namespace *proc_pid_ns(const struct inode *inode)
 	return inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 }
 
+bool proc_ns_file(const struct file *file);
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_PROC_FS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_ns.h b/include/linux/proc_ns.h
index 6abe85c34681..75807ecef880 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_ns.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_ns.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/ns_common.h>
 
 struct pid_namespace;
-struct nsproxy;
+struct nsset;
 struct path;
 struct task_struct;
 struct inode;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct proc_ns_operations {
 	int type;
 	struct ns_common *(*get)(struct task_struct *task);
 	void (*put)(struct ns_common *ns);
-	int (*install)(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct ns_common *ns);
+	int (*install)(struct nsset *nsset, struct ns_common *ns);
 	struct user_namespace *(*owner)(struct ns_common *ns);
 	struct ns_common *(*get_parent)(struct ns_common *ns);
 } __randomize_layout;
diff --git a/ipc/namespace.c b/ipc/namespace.c
index b3ca1476ca51..fdc3b5f3f53a 100644
--- a/ipc/namespace.c
+++ b/ipc/namespace.c
@@ -177,15 +177,14 @@ static void ipcns_put(struct ns_common *ns)
 	return put_ipc_ns(to_ipc_ns(ns));
 }
 
-static int ipcns_install(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct ns_common *new)
+static int ipcns_install(struct nsset *nsset, struct ns_common *new)
 {
+	struct nsproxy *nsproxy = nsset->nsproxy;
 	struct ipc_namespace *ns = to_ipc_ns(new);
 	if (!ns_capable(ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
-	    !ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	    !ns_capable(nsset->cred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	/* Ditch state from the old ipc namespace */
-	exit_sem(current);
 	put_ipc_ns(nsproxy->ipc_ns);
 	nsproxy->ipc_ns = get_ipc_ns(ns);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/namespace.c b/kernel/cgroup/namespace.c
index b05f1dd58a62..812a61afd538 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/namespace.c
@@ -95,11 +95,12 @@ static inline struct cgroup_namespace *to_cg_ns(struct ns_common *ns)
 	return container_of(ns, struct cgroup_namespace, ns);
 }
 
-static int cgroupns_install(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct ns_common *ns)
+static int cgroupns_install(struct nsset *nsset, struct ns_common *ns)
 {
+	struct nsproxy *nsproxy = nsset->nsproxy;
 	struct cgroup_namespace *cgroup_ns = to_cg_ns(ns);
 
-	if (!ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
+	if (!ns_capable(nsset->cred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
 	    !ns_capable(cgroup_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index ed9882108cd2..b03df67621d0 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/time_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/fs_struct.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/proc_ns.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
@@ -257,37 +259,296 @@ void exit_task_namespaces(struct task_struct *p)
 	switch_task_namespaces(p, NULL);
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setns, int, fd, int, nstype)
+static int check_setns_flags(unsigned long flags)
+{
+	if (!flags || (flags & ~(CLONE_NEWNS | CLONE_NEWUTS | CLONE_NEWIPC |
+				 CLONE_NEWNET | CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWPID |
+				 CLONE_NEWCGROUP)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_USER_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWUSER)
+		return -EINVAL;
+#endif
+#ifndef CONFIG_PID_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWPID)
+		return -EINVAL;
+#endif
+#ifndef CONFIG_UTS_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWUTS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+#endif
+#ifndef CONFIG_IPC_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWIPC)
+		return -EINVAL;
+#endif
+#ifndef CONFIG_CGROUPS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWCGROUP)
+		return -EINVAL;
+#endif
+#ifndef CONFIG_NET_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWNET)
+		return -EINVAL;
+#endif
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void put_nsset(struct nsset *nsset)
+{
+	unsigned flags = nsset->flags;
+
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWUSER)
+		put_cred(nsset_cred(nsset));
+	/*
+	 * We only created a temporary copy if we attached to more than just
+	 * the mount namespace.
+	 */
+	if (nsset->fs && (flags & CLONE_NEWNS) && (flags & ~CLONE_NEWNS))
+		free_fs_struct(nsset->fs);
+	if (nsset->nsproxy)
+		free_nsproxy(nsset->nsproxy);
+}
+
+static int prepare_nsset(unsigned flags, struct nsset *nsset)
+{
+	struct task_struct *me = current;
+
+	nsset->nsproxy = create_new_namespaces(0, me, current_user_ns(), me->fs);
+	if (IS_ERR(nsset->nsproxy))
+		return PTR_ERR(nsset->nsproxy);
+
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWUSER)
+		nsset->cred = prepare_creds();
+	else
+		nsset->cred = current_cred();
+	if (!nsset->cred)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* Only create a temporary copy of fs_struct if we really need to. */
+	if (flags == CLONE_NEWNS) {
+		nsset->fs = me->fs;
+	} else if (flags & CLONE_NEWNS) {
+		nsset->fs = copy_fs_struct(me->fs);
+		if (!nsset->fs)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	nsset->flags = flags;
+	return 0;
+
+out:
+	put_nsset(nsset);
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static inline int validate_ns(struct nsset *nsset, struct ns_common *ns)
+{
+	return ns->ops->install(nsset, ns);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is the inverse operation to unshare().
+ * Ordering is equivalent to the standard ordering used everywhere else
+ * during unshare and process creation. The switch to the new set of
+ * namespaces occurs at the point of no return after installation of
+ * all requested namespaces was successful in commit_nsset().
+ */
+static int validate_nsset(struct nsset *nsset, struct pid *pid)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned flags = nsset->flags;
+	struct user_namespace *user_ns = NULL;
+	struct pid_namespace *pid_ns = NULL;
+	struct nsproxy *nsp;
+	struct task_struct *tsk;
+
+	/* Take a "snapshot" of the target task's namespaces. */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	tsk = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
+	if (!tsk) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return -ESRCH;
+	}
+
+	if (!ptrace_may_access(tsk, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
+
+	task_lock(tsk);
+	nsp = tsk->nsproxy;
+	if (nsp)
+		get_nsproxy(nsp);
+	task_unlock(tsk);
+	if (!nsp) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return -ESRCH;
+	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PID_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWPID) {
+		pid_ns = task_active_pid_ns(tsk);
+		if (unlikely(!pid_ns)) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			ret = -ESRCH;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		get_pid_ns(pid_ns);
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWUSER)
+		user_ns = get_user_ns(__task_cred(tsk)->user_ns);
+#endif
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	/*
+	 * Install requested namespaces. The caller will have
+	 * verified earlier that the requested namespaces are
+	 * supported on this kernel. We don't report errors here
+	 * if a namespace is requested that isn't supported.
+	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWUSER) {
+		ret = validate_ns(nsset, &user_ns->ns);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWNS) {
+		ret = validate_ns(nsset, from_mnt_ns(nsp->mnt_ns));
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_UTS_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWUTS) {
+		ret = validate_ns(nsset, &nsp->uts_ns->ns);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPC_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWIPC) {
+		ret = validate_ns(nsset, &nsp->ipc_ns->ns);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PID_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWPID) {
+		ret = validate_ns(nsset, &pid_ns->ns);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWCGROUP) {
+		ret = validate_ns(nsset, &nsp->cgroup_ns->ns);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWNET) {
+		ret = validate_ns(nsset, &nsp->net_ns->ns);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+#endif
+
+out:
+	if (pid_ns)
+		put_pid_ns(pid_ns);
+	if (nsp)
+		put_nsproxy(nsp);
+	put_user_ns(user_ns);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is the point of no return. There are just a few namespaces
+ * that do some actual work here and it's sufficiently minimal that
+ * a separate ns_common operation seems unnecessary for now.
+ * Unshare is doing the same thing. If we'll end up needing to do
+ * more in a given namespace or a helper here is ultimately not
+ * exported anymore a simple commit handler for each namespace
+ * should be added to ns_common.
+ */
+static void commit_nsset(struct nsset *nsset)
+{
+	unsigned flags = nsset->flags;
+	struct task_struct *me = current;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWUSER) {
+		/* transfer ownership */
+		commit_creds(nsset_cred(nsset));
+		nsset->cred = NULL;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	/* We only need to commit if we have used a temporary fs_struct. */
+	if ((flags & CLONE_NEWNS) && (flags & ~CLONE_NEWNS)) {
+		set_fs_root(me->fs, &nsset->fs->root);
+		set_fs_pwd(me->fs, &nsset->fs->pwd);
+	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPC_NS
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWIPC)
+		exit_sem(me);
+#endif
+
+	/* transfer ownership */
+	switch_task_namespaces(me, nsset->nsproxy);
+	nsset->nsproxy = NULL;
+}
+
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setns, int, fd, int, flags)
 {
-	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
-	struct nsproxy *new_nsproxy;
 	struct file *file;
-	struct ns_common *ns;
-	int err;
+	struct ns_common *ns = NULL;
+	struct nsset nsset = {};
+	int err = 0;
 
-	file = proc_ns_fget(fd);
-	if (IS_ERR(file))
-		return PTR_ERR(file);
+	file = fget(fd);
+	if (!file)
+		return -EBADF;
 
-	err = -EINVAL;
-	ns = get_proc_ns(file_inode(file));
-	if (nstype && (ns->ops->type != nstype))
-		goto out;
-
-	new_nsproxy = create_new_namespaces(0, tsk, current_user_ns(), tsk->fs);
-	if (IS_ERR(new_nsproxy)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(new_nsproxy);
-		goto out;
+	if (proc_ns_file(file)) {
+		ns = get_proc_ns(file_inode(file));
+		if (flags && (ns->ops->type != flags))
+			err = -EINVAL;
+		flags = ns->ops->type;
+	} else if (!IS_ERR(pidfd_pid(file))) {
+		err = check_setns_flags(flags);
+	} else {
+		err = -EBADF;
 	}
-
-	err = ns->ops->install(new_nsproxy, ns);
-	if (err) {
-		free_nsproxy(new_nsproxy);
+	if (err)
 		goto out;
-	}
-	switch_task_namespaces(tsk, new_nsproxy);
 
-	perf_event_namespaces(tsk);
+	err = prepare_nsset(flags, &nsset);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (proc_ns_file(file))
+		err = validate_ns(&nsset, ns);
+	else
+		err = validate_nsset(&nsset, file->private_data);
+	if (!err) {
+		commit_nsset(&nsset);
+		perf_event_namespaces(current);
+	}
+	put_nsset(&nsset);
 out:
 	fput(file);
 	return err;
diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index 01f8ba32cc0c..11db2bdbb41e 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -378,13 +378,14 @@ static void pidns_put(struct ns_common *ns)
 	put_pid_ns(to_pid_ns(ns));
 }
 
-static int pidns_install(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct ns_common *ns)
+static int pidns_install(struct nsset *nsset, struct ns_common *ns)
 {
+	struct nsproxy *nsproxy = nsset->nsproxy;
 	struct pid_namespace *active = task_active_pid_ns(current);
 	struct pid_namespace *ancestor, *new = to_pid_ns(ns);
 
 	if (!ns_capable(new->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
-	    !ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	    !ns_capable(nsset->cred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/kernel/time/namespace.c b/kernel/time/namespace.c
index 53bce347cd50..5d9fc22d836a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/time/namespace.c
@@ -280,8 +280,9 @@ static void timens_put(struct ns_common *ns)
 	put_time_ns(to_time_ns(ns));
 }
 
-static int timens_install(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct ns_common *new)
+static int timens_install(struct nsset *nsset, struct ns_common *new)
 {
+	struct nsproxy *nsproxy = nsset->nsproxy;
 	struct time_namespace *ns = to_time_ns(new);
 	int err;
 
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ static int timens_install(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct ns_common *new)
 		return -EUSERS;
 
 	if (!ns_capable(ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
-	    !ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	    !ns_capable(nsset->cred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	timens_set_vvar_page(current, ns);
diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 8eadadc478f9..87804e0371fe 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ static void userns_put(struct ns_common *ns)
 	put_user_ns(to_user_ns(ns));
 }
 
-static int userns_install(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct ns_common *ns)
+static int userns_install(struct nsset *nsset, struct ns_common *ns)
 {
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns = to_user_ns(ns);
 	struct cred *cred;
@@ -1274,14 +1274,14 @@ static int userns_install(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct ns_common *ns)
 	if (!ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	cred = prepare_creds();
+	cred = nsset_cred(nsset);
 	if (!cred)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	put_user_ns(cred->user_ns);
 	set_cred_user_ns(cred, get_user_ns(user_ns));
 
-	return commit_creds(cred);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 struct ns_common *ns_get_owner(struct ns_common *ns)
diff --git a/kernel/utsname.c b/kernel/utsname.c
index f0e491193009..e488d0e2ab45 100644
--- a/kernel/utsname.c
+++ b/kernel/utsname.c
@@ -140,12 +140,13 @@ static void utsns_put(struct ns_common *ns)
 	put_uts_ns(to_uts_ns(ns));
 }
 
-static int utsns_install(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct ns_common *new)
+static int utsns_install(struct nsset *nsset, struct ns_common *new)
 {
+	struct nsproxy *nsproxy = nsset->nsproxy;
 	struct uts_namespace *ns = to_uts_ns(new);
 
 	if (!ns_capable(ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
-	    !ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	    !ns_capable(nsset->cred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	get_uts_ns(ns);
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 190ca66a383b..dcd61aca343e 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -1353,12 +1353,13 @@ static void netns_put(struct ns_common *ns)
 	put_net(to_net_ns(ns));
 }
 
-static int netns_install(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct ns_common *ns)
+static int netns_install(struct nsset *nsset, struct ns_common *ns)
 {
+	struct nsproxy *nsproxy = nsset->nsproxy;
 	struct net *net = to_net_ns(ns);
 
 	if (!ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
-	    !ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	    !ns_capable(nsset->cred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	put_net(nsproxy->net_ns);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/.gitignore
index 2d4db5afb142..973198a3ec3d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ pidfd_test
 pidfd_wait
 pidfd_fdinfo_test
 pidfd_getfd_test
+pidfd_setns_test
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile
index 75a545861375..f4a2f28f926b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 CFLAGS += -g -I../../../../usr/include/ -pthread
 
-TEST_GEN_PROGS := pidfd_test pidfd_fdinfo_test pidfd_open_test pidfd_poll_test pidfd_wait pidfd_getfd_test
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := pidfd_test pidfd_fdinfo_test pidfd_open_test \
+	pidfd_poll_test pidfd_wait pidfd_getfd_test pidfd_setns_test
 
 include ../lib.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/config b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb11de90c0c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/config
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CONFIG_UTS_NS=y
+CONFIG_IPC_NS=y
+CONFIG_USER_NS=y
+CONFIG_PID_NS=y
+CONFIG_NET_NS=y
+CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_setns_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_setns_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..133ec5b6cda8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_setns_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,473 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <syscall.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <linux/kcmp.h>
+
+#include "pidfd.h"
+#include "../clone3/clone3_selftests.h"
+#include "../kselftest.h"
+#include "../kselftest_harness.h"
+
+enum {
+	PIDFD_NS_USER,
+	PIDFD_NS_MNT,
+	PIDFD_NS_PID,
+	PIDFD_NS_UTS,
+	PIDFD_NS_IPC,
+	PIDFD_NS_NET,
+	PIDFD_NS_CGROUP,
+	PIDFD_NS_PIDCLD,
+	PIDFD_NS_MAX
+};
+
+const struct ns_info {
+	const char *name;
+	int flag;
+} ns_info[] = {
+	[PIDFD_NS_USER]   = { "user",             CLONE_NEWUSER,   },
+	[PIDFD_NS_MNT]    = { "mnt",              CLONE_NEWNS,     },
+	[PIDFD_NS_PID]    = { "pid",              CLONE_NEWPID,    },
+	[PIDFD_NS_UTS]    = { "uts",              CLONE_NEWUTS,    },
+	[PIDFD_NS_IPC]    = { "ipc",              CLONE_NEWIPC,    },
+	[PIDFD_NS_NET]    = { "net",              CLONE_NEWNET,    },
+	[PIDFD_NS_CGROUP] = { "cgroup",           CLONE_NEWCGROUP, },
+	[PIDFD_NS_PIDCLD] = { "pid_for_children", 0,               },
+};
+
+FIXTURE(current_nsset)
+{
+	pid_t pid;
+	int pidfd;
+	int nsfds[PIDFD_NS_MAX];
+
+	pid_t child_pid_exited;
+	int child_pidfd_exited;
+
+	pid_t child_pid1;
+	int child_pidfd1;
+	int child_nsfds1[PIDFD_NS_MAX];
+
+	pid_t child_pid2;
+	int child_pidfd2;
+	int child_nsfds2[PIDFD_NS_MAX];
+};
+
+static int sys_waitid(int which, pid_t pid, int options)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_waitid, which, pid, NULL, options, NULL);
+}
+
+pid_t create_child(int *pidfd, unsigned flags)
+{
+	struct clone_args args = {
+		.flags		= CLONE_PIDFD | flags,
+		.exit_signal	= SIGCHLD,
+		.pidfd		= ptr_to_u64(pidfd),
+	};
+
+	return sys_clone3(&args, sizeof(struct clone_args));
+}
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(current_nsset)
+{
+	int i, proc_fd, ret;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < PIDFD_NS_MAX; i++) {
+		self->nsfds[i]		= -EBADF;
+		self->child_nsfds1[i]	= -EBADF;
+		self->child_nsfds2[i]	= -EBADF;
+	}
+
+	proc_fd = open("/proc/self/ns", O_DIRECTORY | O_CLOEXEC);
+	ASSERT_GE(proc_fd, 0) {
+		TH_LOG("%m - Failed to open /proc/self/ns");
+	}
+
+	self->pid = getpid();
+	for (i = 0; i < PIDFD_NS_MAX; i++) {
+		const struct ns_info *info = &ns_info[i];
+		self->nsfds[i] = openat(proc_fd, info->name, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+		if (self->nsfds[i] < 0) {
+			EXPECT_EQ(errno, ENOENT) {
+				TH_LOG("%m - Failed to open %s namespace for process %d",
+				       info->name, self->pid);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	self->pidfd = sys_pidfd_open(self->pid, 0);
+	EXPECT_GT(self->pidfd, 0) {
+		TH_LOG("%m - Failed to open pidfd for process %d", self->pid);
+	}
+
+	/* Create task that exits right away. */
+	self->child_pid_exited = create_child(&self->child_pidfd_exited,
+					      CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNET);
+	EXPECT_GT(self->child_pid_exited, 0);
+
+	if (self->child_pid_exited == 0)
+		_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(sys_waitid(P_PID, self->child_pid_exited, WEXITED | WNOWAIT), 0);
+
+	self->pidfd = sys_pidfd_open(self->pid, 0);
+	EXPECT_GE(self->pidfd, 0) {
+		TH_LOG("%m - Failed to open pidfd for process %d", self->pid);
+	}
+
+	/* Create tasks that will be stopped. */
+	self->child_pid1 = create_child(&self->child_pidfd1,
+					CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNS |
+					CLONE_NEWCGROUP | CLONE_NEWIPC |
+					CLONE_NEWUTS | CLONE_NEWPID |
+					CLONE_NEWNET);
+	EXPECT_GE(self->child_pid1, 0);
+
+	if (self->child_pid1 == 0) {
+		pause();
+		_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+	}
+
+	self->child_pid2 = create_child(&self->child_pidfd2,
+					CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNS |
+					CLONE_NEWCGROUP | CLONE_NEWIPC |
+					CLONE_NEWUTS | CLONE_NEWPID |
+					CLONE_NEWNET);
+	EXPECT_GE(self->child_pid2, 0);
+
+	if (self->child_pid2 == 0) {
+		pause();
+		_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < PIDFD_NS_MAX; i++) {
+		char p[100];
+
+		const struct ns_info *info = &ns_info[i];
+
+		self->nsfds[i] = openat(proc_fd, info->name, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+		if (self->nsfds[i] < 0) {
+			EXPECT_EQ(errno, ENOENT) {
+				TH_LOG("%m - Failed to open %s namespace for process %d",
+				       info->name, self->pid);
+			}
+		}
+
+		ret = snprintf(p, sizeof(p), "/proc/%d/ns/%s",
+			       self->child_pid1, info->name);
+		EXPECT_GT(ret, 0);
+		EXPECT_LT(ret, sizeof(p));
+
+		self->child_nsfds1[i] = open(p, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+		if (self->child_nsfds1[i] < 0) {
+			EXPECT_EQ(errno, ENOENT) {
+				TH_LOG("%m - Failed to open %s namespace for process %d",
+				       info->name, self->child_pid1);
+			}
+		}
+
+		ret = snprintf(p, sizeof(p), "/proc/%d/ns/%s",
+			       self->child_pid2, info->name);
+		EXPECT_GT(ret, 0);
+		EXPECT_LT(ret, sizeof(p));
+
+		self->child_nsfds2[i] = open(p, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+		if (self->child_nsfds2[i] < 0) {
+			EXPECT_EQ(errno, ENOENT) {
+				TH_LOG("%m - Failed to open %s namespace for process %d",
+				       info->name, self->child_pid1);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	close(proc_fd);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(current_nsset)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(sys_pidfd_send_signal(self->child_pidfd1,
+					SIGKILL, NULL, 0), 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(sys_pidfd_send_signal(self->child_pidfd2,
+					SIGKILL, NULL, 0), 0);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < PIDFD_NS_MAX; i++) {
+		if (self->nsfds[i] >= 0)
+			close(self->nsfds[i]);
+		if (self->child_nsfds1[i] >= 0)
+			close(self->child_nsfds1[i]);
+		if (self->child_nsfds2[i] >= 0)
+			close(self->child_nsfds2[i]);
+	}
+
+	if (self->child_pidfd1 >= 0)
+		EXPECT_EQ(0, close(self->child_pidfd1));
+	if (self->child_pidfd2 >= 0)
+		EXPECT_EQ(0, close(self->child_pidfd2));
+	ASSERT_EQ(sys_waitid(P_PID, self->child_pid_exited, WEXITED), 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(sys_waitid(P_PID, self->child_pid1, WEXITED), 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(sys_waitid(P_PID, self->child_pid2, WEXITED), 0);
+}
+
+static int preserve_ns(const int pid, const char *ns)
+{
+	int ret;
+	char path[50];
+
+	ret = snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%d/ns/%s", pid, ns);
+	if (ret < 0 || (size_t)ret >= sizeof(path))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	return open(path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+}
+
+static int in_same_namespace(int ns_fd1, pid_t pid2, const char *ns)
+{
+	int ns_fd2 = -EBADF;
+	int ret = -1;
+	struct stat ns_st1, ns_st2;
+
+	ret = fstat(ns_fd1, &ns_st1);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	ns_fd2 = preserve_ns(pid2, ns);
+	if (ns_fd2 < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	ret = fstat(ns_fd2, &ns_st2);
+	close(ns_fd2);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* processes are in the same namespace */
+	if ((ns_st1.st_dev == ns_st2.st_dev) &&
+	    (ns_st1.st_ino == ns_st2.st_ino))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* processes are in different namespaces */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Test that we can't pass garbage to the kernel. */
+TEST_F(current_nsset, invalid_flags)
+{
+	ASSERT_NE(setns(self->pidfd, 0), 0);
+	EXPECT_EQ(errno, EINVAL);
+
+	ASSERT_NE(setns(self->pidfd, -1), 0);
+	EXPECT_EQ(errno, EINVAL);
+
+	ASSERT_NE(setns(self->pidfd, CLONE_VM), 0);
+	EXPECT_EQ(errno, EINVAL);
+
+	ASSERT_NE(setns(self->pidfd, CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_VM), 0);
+	EXPECT_EQ(errno, EINVAL);
+}
+
+/* Test that we can't attach to a task that has already exited. */
+TEST_F(current_nsset, pidfd_exited_child)
+{
+	int i;
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	ASSERT_NE(setns(self->child_pidfd_exited, CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNET),
+		  0);
+	EXPECT_EQ(errno, ESRCH);
+
+	pid = getpid();
+	for (i = 0; i < PIDFD_NS_MAX; i++) {
+		const struct ns_info *info = &ns_info[i];
+		/* Verify that we haven't changed any namespaces. */
+		if (self->nsfds[i] >= 0)
+			ASSERT_EQ(in_same_namespace(self->nsfds[i], pid, info->name), 1);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_F(current_nsset, pidfd_incremental_setns)
+{
+	int i;
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	pid = getpid();
+	for (i = 0; i < PIDFD_NS_MAX; i++) {
+		const struct ns_info *info = &ns_info[i];
+		int nsfd;
+
+		if (self->child_nsfds1[i] < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		if (info->flag) {
+			ASSERT_EQ(setns(self->child_pidfd1, info->flag), 0) {
+				TH_LOG("%m - Failed to setns to %s namespace of %d via pidfd %d",
+				       info->name, self->child_pid1,
+				       self->child_pidfd1);
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* Verify that we have changed to the correct namespaces. */
+		if (info->flag == CLONE_NEWPID)
+			nsfd = self->nsfds[i];
+		else
+			nsfd = self->child_nsfds1[i];
+		ASSERT_EQ(in_same_namespace(nsfd, pid, info->name), 1) {
+			TH_LOG("setns failed to place us correctly into %s namespace of %d via pidfd %d",
+			       info->name, self->child_pid1,
+			       self->child_pidfd1);
+		}
+		TH_LOG("Managed to correctly setns to %s namespace of %d via pidfd %d",
+		       info->name, self->child_pid1, self->child_pidfd1);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_F(current_nsset, nsfd_incremental_setns)
+{
+	int i;
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	pid = getpid();
+	for (i = 0; i < PIDFD_NS_MAX; i++) {
+		const struct ns_info *info = &ns_info[i];
+		int nsfd;
+
+		if (self->child_nsfds1[i] < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		if (info->flag) {
+			ASSERT_EQ(setns(self->child_nsfds1[i], info->flag), 0) {
+				TH_LOG("%m - Failed to setns to %s namespace of %d via nsfd %d",
+				       info->name, self->child_pid1,
+				       self->child_nsfds1[i]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* Verify that we have changed to the correct namespaces. */
+		if (info->flag == CLONE_NEWPID)
+			nsfd = self->nsfds[i];
+		else
+			nsfd = self->child_nsfds1[i];
+		ASSERT_EQ(in_same_namespace(nsfd, pid, info->name), 1) {
+			TH_LOG("setns failed to place us correctly into %s namespace of %d via nsfd %d",
+			       info->name, self->child_pid1,
+			       self->child_nsfds1[i]);
+		}
+		TH_LOG("Managed to correctly setns to %s namespace of %d via nsfd %d",
+		       info->name, self->child_pid1, self->child_nsfds1[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_F(current_nsset, pidfd_one_shot_setns)
+{
+	unsigned flags = 0;
+	int i;
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < PIDFD_NS_MAX; i++) {
+		const struct ns_info *info = &ns_info[i];
+
+		if (self->child_nsfds1[i] < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		flags |= info->flag;
+		TH_LOG("Adding %s namespace of %d to list of namespaces to attach to",
+		       info->name, self->child_pid1);
+	}
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(setns(self->child_pidfd1, flags), 0) {
+		TH_LOG("%m - Failed to setns to namespaces of %d",
+		       self->child_pid1);
+	}
+
+	pid = getpid();
+	for (i = 0; i < PIDFD_NS_MAX; i++) {
+		const struct ns_info *info = &ns_info[i];
+		int nsfd;
+
+		if (self->child_nsfds1[i] < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		/* Verify that we have changed to the correct namespaces. */
+		if (info->flag == CLONE_NEWPID)
+			nsfd = self->nsfds[i];
+		else
+			nsfd = self->child_nsfds1[i];
+		ASSERT_EQ(in_same_namespace(nsfd, pid, info->name), 1) {
+			TH_LOG("setns failed to place us correctly into %s namespace of %d",
+			       info->name, self->child_pid1);
+		}
+		TH_LOG("Managed to correctly setns to %s namespace of %d",
+		       info->name, self->child_pid1);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_F(current_nsset, no_foul_play)
+{
+	unsigned flags = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < PIDFD_NS_MAX; i++) {
+		const struct ns_info *info = &ns_info[i];
+
+		if (self->child_nsfds1[i] < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		flags |= info->flag;
+		if (info->flag) /* No use logging pid_for_children. */
+			TH_LOG("Adding %s namespace of %d to list of namespaces to attach to",
+			       info->name, self->child_pid1);
+	}
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(setns(self->child_pidfd1, flags), 0) {
+		TH_LOG("%m - Failed to setns to namespaces of %d vid pidfd %d",
+		       self->child_pid1, self->child_pidfd1);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Can't setns to a user namespace outside of our hierarchy since we
+	 * don't have caps in there and didn't create it. That means that under
+	 * no circumstances should we be able to setns to any of the other
+	 * ones since they aren't owned by our user namespace.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < PIDFD_NS_MAX; i++) {
+		const struct ns_info *info = &ns_info[i];
+
+		if (self->child_nsfds2[i] < 0 || !info->flag)
+			continue;
+
+		ASSERT_NE(setns(self->child_pidfd2, info->flag), 0) {
+			TH_LOG("Managed to setns to %s namespace of %d via pidfd %d",
+			       info->name, self->child_pid2,
+			       self->child_pidfd2);
+		}
+		TH_LOG("%m - Correctly failed to setns to %s namespace of %d via pidfd %d",
+		       info->name, self->child_pid2,
+		       self->child_pidfd2);
+
+		ASSERT_NE(setns(self->child_nsfds2[i], info->flag), 0) {
+			TH_LOG("Managed to setns to %s namespace of %d via nsfd %d",
+			       info->name, self->child_pid2,
+			       self->child_nsfds2[i]);
+		}
+		TH_LOG("%m - Correctly failed to setns to %s namespace of %d via nsfd %d",
+		       info->name, self->child_pid2,
+		       self->child_nsfds2[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN