lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2017]   [May]   [10]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
Date
SubjectRe: [PATCH] fs: add an ioctl to get an owning userns for a superblock
Andrei Vagin <avagin@virtuozzo.com> writes:

> On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 07:34:00PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> Andrei Vagin <avagin@openvz.org> writes:
>>
>> > The introduced ioctl returns a file descriptor that refers to a owning
>> > user namespace for a superblock which is associated with a target file
>> > descriptor.
>> >
>> > EPERM is returned if the current process doesn't have CAP_SYS_ADMIN in
>> > the returned user namespace.
>> >
>> > This information is required to dump and restore mount namespaces. We
>> > need to know to which user namespace a superblock is belonged to.
>> >
>> > We already have the SIOCGSKNS ioctl for sockets to get a network
>> > namespace, so it looks reasonable to use the same interface for
>> > superblocks too.
>> >
>> > This functionality can be useful for users in order to understand
>> > a running system.
>>
>> This will probably work. And the capability check eases any concerns
>> I might have that this would be a trivial information leak.
>>
>> That said can we hold off just a little bit. If open_fs work actually
>> turns into a real interface that would seem to be the perfect place
>> to stick this functionality.
>
> Sure, we can. Do you know any place where to read more information about
> open_fs? I think I have heared a few times about this idea, but it would be
> good to get more details.


Look for David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> recent patches on lkml he
has implemented an initial rfc for it.

Eric

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2017-05-11 03:31    [W:0.051 / U:0.272 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site