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SubjectRe: [RFC][v8][PATCH 0/10] Implement clone3() system call
Eric W. Biederman [ebiederm@xmission.com] wrote:
| > Anyway, is RESERVED_PIDS meant for initial kernel-threads/daemons - if so
| > would it be ok enforce it only in init_pid_ns ?
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| It is mean for initial user space daemons, things that start on boot.
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| I don't know how much the protection matters at this date, but we have it.

Well, since it is not security or other critical restriction, can we allow
set_pidmap() a free hand - even in init-pid-ns ? It could prevent a simple
subtree C/R of one of the early daemons for debug for instance.

Sukadev


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