linux-kernel - Re: [patch -mm] net namespace: empty framework

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:59:06 +0100
From:	Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@...ibm.com>
To:	Dmitry Mishin <dim@...nvz.org>
CC:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>,
	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...nvz.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Herbert Poetzl <herbert@...hfloor.at>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [patch -mm] net namespace: empty framework

Dmitry Mishin wrote:
> On Thursday 23 November 2006 05:39, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
>> Quoting Dmitry Mishin (dim@...nvz.org):
>>> On Wednesday 22 November 2006 19:41, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
>>>> Quoting Cedric Le Goater (clg@...ibm.com):
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dmitry Mishin wrote:
>>>>>> This patch looks acceptable for us.
>>>>> good. shall we merge it then ? see comment below.
>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW, Daniel, we agreed to be based on the Andrey's patchset. I do
>>>>>> not see a reason, why Cedric force us to make some unnecessary work
>>>>>> and move existent patchset over his interface.
>>>>> yeah it's a bit different from andrey's but not that much and it's
>>>>> more in
>>>> Where is Andrey's patch?
>>> This thread - http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/42666
>> Thanks, Dmitry.  Now I do recall seeing that before.
>>
>> That patchset appears to go part, but not all the way to fitting in with
>> the existing namespaces.  For instance, you use exit_task_namespaces() for
>> refcounting, but don't put the net_namespace in the nsproxy and use your
>> own mechanism for unsharing.
>>
>> It really seems useful to have all the namespaces be consistent whenever
>> practical, and I don't think your patchset would need much tweaking to
>> fit onto Cedric's patch.  Am I missing a complicating factor?
> No. I've already said, Cedric's patch is acceptable for us.

Do you mind if we port your patchset on top of this patch ? If you have 
no time for that I can do it.

  -- Daniel
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/