netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6.26 0/5][SYSCTL]: Make some sysctl RO in net namespaces.

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Date:	Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:10:44 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xemul@...nvz.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6.26 0/5][SYSCTL]: Make some sysctl RO in net
 namespaces.

From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:54:55 +0300

> So, here's the patchset, that allows to create ctl tables, that are
> read-only in some namespace in general (and in some net namespace in 
> particular). I tried to make it work the way not to consume extra
> memory at run time.

These changes look great.

> This patchset is related to net namespaces only, but on the other hand
> it affects the core sysctl engine. What is your opinion about this set:
> should I send these patches (or some of them) to Andrew instead and wait 
> till it appears in mainline (and sequentially in net tree) or will you
> accept this one in net-2.6.26?

What we should do is get patches 1-3 reviewed on linux-kernel and then
into linux-next somehow (perhaps there is some FS tree?).

Once that happens, I can get net-2.6.26 going and put patch 4 and 5 in
there.

Thanks!
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