linux-kernel - Re: [RFC, PATCH] fix SEM

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Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:12:22 +0400
From:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
To:	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC, PATCH] fix SEM_UNDO with namespaces

Manfred Spraul wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the attached patch should fix the combination of CLONE_NEWIPC with 
> shared sysv undo structures (the common case, just 
> sys_unshare(CLONE_NEWIPC)):
> lookup_undo() now locates the undo array based on both semid and the 
> namespace pointer.

If you start using any IPC object and then call unshare with CLONE_NEWIPC,
then it's your problem, but not the kernel. There are many issues that can
become broken from the user-level POV.

What's the problem with undo list? Does it become irrelevant and no undos
happen after the task dies?

I agree, that we should probably destroy this one when the task calls 
unshare, but trying to keep this list relevant is useless.

> Additionally, the patch tries to clean the code up by using the linked 
> list macros from <linux/list.h> instead of single linked lists.

May I ask you to split the patch into atomic parts, rather than
mixing fixes, reworks and cleanups together?

> The patch passes a few quick tests, I'm interested in feedback. Are 
> there test apps for testing the IPC namespace code?

This code is a part of OpenVZ kernels, so it passes some internal
tests we perform.

> --
>     Manfred
> 

Thanks,
Pavel
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