linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] sunrpc: fix oops in rpc_create() when the mount namespace is unshared

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Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:27:29 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>
Cc:	chucklever@...il.com, "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] sunrpc: fix oops in rpc_create() when the mount namespace is unshared

Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com> writes:

>> The conservative play is to always force use of the initial namespace
>> and to deny creation of mounts that would use different namespaces.  In part
>> because the initial version of the namespace always exists.  Which means
>> as relates to Cedrics initial patch we would still need to know which
>> mounts should cause us to use a different uts namespace so we can deny
>> them.
>
> I will send the initial patch which forces use of the initial namespace because
> it does fix a real oops. 
>
> Then, I should be able to find some time to work on improving the uts namespace
> checks when NFS mounts are done.

Thanks.
Eric
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