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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 1/6] prepare sysctls for containers
Dave Hansen wrote:

>>Interesting idea. One piece that's missing is strategy for controlling
>>creation the new context (assuming the data_access() will always evaluate
>>into a context sensitive piece of data). Otherwise a user can get out
>>of the limits imposed by sysadmin (since they may have placed themselves
>>in a context which differs from admin).
>>
>>
>Yup, that is missing for now. We couldn't agree on quite which
>implementation we want for basic containers/vservers/vpses. So, for
>now, making it useful is left as an exercise to the reader. :)
>
>BTW, the current code _is_ potentially context sensitive because
>"current" provides much of the context that we will ever need.
>
>

I have an RFC quality submission ready, extracted from Herbert's work.
I'll prepare and forward it to the ML now for reference.

Sam.
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