linux-kernel - Re: [patch] PID namespace design bug, workaround

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Message-ID: <4729E86A.9090705@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:53:30 -0700
From:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] PID namespace design bug, workaround

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Ingo Molnar wrote:
> +	clone_flags &= ~CLONE_NEWPID;

I think the call should rather fail than silently drop the bit but aside
from that I agree.  The problems we'd run into if the feature is getting
used as-is are severe.

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➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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