netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] net: connect to UNIX sockets from specified root

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:15:02 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@...allels.com>
CC:	Trond.Myklebust@...app.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	xemul@...allels.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bfields@...ldses.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com,
	devel@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] net: connect to UNIX sockets from specified root

On 08/10/2012 05:57 AM, Stanislav Kinsbursky wrote:
> Today, there is a problem in connecting of local SUNRPC thansports. These
> transports uses UNIX sockets and connection itself is done by rpciod
> workqueue.
> But UNIX sockets lookup is done in context of process file system root. I.e.
> all local thunsports are connecting in rpciod context.
> This works nice until we will try to mount NFS from process with other root -
> for example in container. This container can have it's own (nested) root and
> rcpbind process, listening on it's own unix sockets. But NFS mount attempt in
> this container will register new service (Lockd for example) in global rpcbind
> - not containers's one.
> 
> This patch set introduces kernel connect helper for UNIX stream sockets and
> modifies unix_find_other() to be able to search from specified root.
> It also replaces generic socket connect call for local transports by new
> helper in SUNRPC layer.
> 
> The following series implements...

On that whole subject...

Do we need a Unix domain socket equivalent to openat()?

	-hpa

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