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From: ebiederm@xmission•com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels•com>
Cc: hadi@cyberus•ca, Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr•ibm.com>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash•net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@vger•kernel.org>,
	containers@lists•linux-foundation.org,
	Netfilter Development Mailinglist
	<netfilter-devel@vger•kernel.org>,
	Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech•com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serue@us•ibm.com>,
	Matt Helsley <matthltc@us•ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] ns: Syscalls for better namespace sharing control.
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:24:53 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1bpfbwuze.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B883987.6090408@parallels.com> (Pavel Emelyanov's message of "Sat\, 27 Feb 2010 00\:13\:43 +0300")

Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels•com> writes:

>> +static struct inode *nsfd_mkinode(void)
>> +{
>> +	struct inode *inode;
>> +	inode = new_inode(nsfd_mnt->mnt_sb);
>> +	if (!inode)
>> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>> +
>> +	inode->i_fop = &nsfd_file_operations;
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Mark the inode dirty from the very beginning,
>> +	 * that way it will never be moved to the dirty
>> +	 * list because mark_inode_dirty() will think that
>> +	 * it already _is_ on the dirty list.
>> +	 */
>> +	inode->i_state = I_DIRTY;
>> +	inode->i_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
>> +	inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
>> +	inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
>> +	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
>> +	return inode;
>> +}
>
> Why not use anon inodes?

Because you can't mount them anywhere.

>> diff --git a/include/linux/nstype.h b/include/linux/nstype.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..3bdf856
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/include/linux/nstype.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
>> +#ifndef _LINUX_NSTYPE_H
>> +#define _LINUX_NSTYPE_H
>> +
>> +#define NSTYPE_NET 0
>> +
>> +#endif /* _LINUX_NSTYPE_H */
>
> Yet another set of per-namespace IDs along with CLONE_NEWXXX ones?
> I currently have a way to create all namespaces we have with one
> syscall. Why don't we have an ability to enter them all with one syscall?

The CLONE_NEWXXX series of bits has been an royal pain to work with,
and it appears to be unnecessary complications for no gain.

Eric


  reply	other threads:[~2010-02-26 21:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-14 14:05 RFC: netfilter: nf_conntrack: add support for "conntrack zones" Patrick McHardy
2010-01-14 15:05 ` jamal
2010-01-14 15:37   ` Patrick McHardy
2010-01-14 17:33     ` jamal
2010-01-15 10:15       ` Patrick McHardy
2010-01-15 15:19         ` jamal
2010-02-22 20:46           ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-22 21:55             ` jamal
2010-02-22 23:17               ` Eric W. Biederman
     [not found]                 ` <m1wry46es9.fsf-+imSwln9KH6u2/kzUuoCbdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-23 13:27                   ` jamal
2010-02-23 14:07                     ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-23 14:20                       ` jamal
2010-02-23 20:00                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-23 23:09                           ` jamal
2010-02-24  1:43                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-25 20:57                             ` [RFC][PATCH] ns: Syscalls for better namespace sharing control Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-25 21:31                               ` Daniel Lezcano
2010-02-25 21:49                                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-25 22:13                                   ` Daniel Lezcano
2010-02-25 22:31                                     ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-26 20:35                                   ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-25 21:46                               ` Matt Helsley
2010-02-25 21:54                                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-26  0:53                                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-26  1:09                               ` Matt Helsley
2010-02-26  1:26                                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-26  3:15                               ` [RFC][PATCH] ns: Syscalls for better namespace sharing control. v2 Eric W. Biederman
     [not found]                                 ` <m18wagy9f3.fsf_-_-+imSwln9KH6u2/kzUuoCbdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2010-03-03 20:29                                   ` Jonathan Corbet
2010-03-03 20:50                                     ` Eric W. Biederman
     [not found]                               ` <m1pr3t2fvl.fsf_-_-+imSwln9KH6u2/kzUuoCbdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-26 21:13                                 ` [RFC][PATCH] ns: Syscalls for better namespace sharing control Pavel Emelyanov
2010-02-26 21:24                                   ` Eric W. Biederman [this message]
2010-02-26 21:34                                     ` Pavel Emelyanov
2010-02-26 21:42                                       ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-26 21:58                                         ` Oren Laadan
2010-02-26 22:16                                           ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-26 22:52                                             ` Oren Laadan
2010-02-26 23:13                                               ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-27  8:30                                         ` Pavel Emelyanov
2010-02-27  9:04                                           ` Eric W. Biederman
     [not found]                                             ` <m1mxyvrqvk.fsf-+imSwln9KH6u2/kzUuoCbdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-27  9:21                                               ` Pavel Emelyanov
2010-02-27  9:42                                                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-27 16:16                                                   ` Pavel Emelyanov
2010-02-27 19:08                                                     ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-27 19:29                                                       ` Pavel Emelyanov
2010-02-27 19:44                                                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-28 22:05                                                           ` Daniel Lezcano
2010-03-01 19:24                                                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-01 21:42                                                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-02 13:10                                                               ` Cedric Le Goater
2010-03-02 15:03                                                             ` Pavel Emelyanov
2010-03-02 15:14                                                               ` Jan Engelhardt
2010-03-02 21:45                                                                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-02 21:19                                                               ` Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2010-03-02 22:13                                                                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-03  0:07                                                                   ` Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2010-03-03  0:46                                                                     ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-03 15:38                                                                       ` Serge E. Hallyn
2010-03-03 19:47                                                                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-04 21:45                                                                           ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-04 22:55                                                                             ` Jan Engelhardt
2010-03-03 16:50                                                                       ` Pavel Emelyanov
2010-03-03 20:16                                                                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-05 19:18                                                                           ` Pavel Emelyanov
2010-03-05 20:26                                                                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-06 14:47                                                                               ` Daniel Lezcano
     [not found]                                                                                 ` <4B926B1B.5070207-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2010-03-06 20:48                                                                                   ` Eric W. Biederman
     [not found]                                                                                     ` <m1aaulyy5c.fsf-+imSwln9KH6u2/kzUuoCbdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2010-03-06 21:26                                                                                       ` Daniel Lezcano
2010-03-08  8:32                                                                                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-08 16:54                                                                                           ` Daniel Lezcano
2010-03-08 17:29                                                                                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-08 19:57                                                                                               ` Daniel Lezcano
2010-03-08 20:24                                                                                                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-08 20:42                                                                                                   ` Daniel Lezcano
2010-03-08 20:47                                                                                                     ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-08 21:12                                                                                                       ` Daniel Lezcano
2010-03-08 21:25                                                                                                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-08 21:49                                                                                                           ` Serge E. Hallyn
2010-03-08 22:24                                                                                                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-09 10:03                                                                                                           ` Daniel Lezcano
2010-03-09 10:13                                                                                                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-09 10:26                                                                                                               ` Daniel Lezcano
2010-03-10 21:16                                                                                                           ` Daniel Lezcano
2010-03-08 17:07                                                                                           ` Serge E. Hallyn
2010-03-08 17:35                                                                                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-03-08 17:47                                                                                               ` Serge E. Hallyn
2010-03-03 20:59                                                             ` Oren Laadan
2010-03-03 21:05                                                               ` Eric W. Biederman
     [not found]                                     ` <m1bpfbwuze.fsf-+imSwln9KH6u2/kzUuoCbdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-26 21:35                                       ` Pavel Emelyanov
2010-02-26 21:49                                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-23 23:49                           ` RFC: netfilter: nf_conntrack: add support for "conntrack zones" Matt Helsley
2010-02-24  1:32                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-24  1:39                               ` Serge E. Hallyn
2010-01-14 18:32   ` Ben Greear
2010-01-15 15:03     ` jamal

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