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SubjectRe: [patch] PID namespace design bug, workaround
Ulrich Drepper wrote:
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> Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
>> Having access to the same IPCs in different pid namespaces won't work.
>> Having access to the same filesystem in different IPC namespaces won't work.
>> Having access to the same UID namespace in different VFS namespaces won't work.
>> Having access to the same <any> namespace in different <many others> namespace
>> wont' work.
>> [...]
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> Then explicitly prevent the cases which cannot work in the clone()
> calls. Yes, giving people rope to shoot themselves is a Unix tradition
> but it's so unnecessary in this case and will only cause support
> problems for innocent people.

:)

> I bet the result will be that if you have a separate PID namespace you
> need to enforce every other namespace as well. There are simply too
> many dependencies.

I think, that Ted's proposal (about the "namespaces compatibility matrix") is
better. I'd prefer knowing of what can stop working in case I do something
rather that forcedly having my hands off this.

Thanks,
Pavel
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