linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] cgroup: mount cgroupns-root when inside non-init cgroupns

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Message-ID: <20151125060156.GA678@mail.hallyn.com>
Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2015 00:01:56 -0600
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@...ntu.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	serge@...lyn.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	adityakali@...gle.com, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	lxc-devel@...ts.linuxcontainers.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] cgroup: mount cgroupns-root when inside non-init
 cgroupns

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:16:10PM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
...
> > +		if (ns != &init_cgroup_ns) {
> > +			struct dentry *nsdentry;
> > +			struct cgroup *cgrp;
> > +
> > +			cgrp = cset_cgroup_from_root(ns->root_cgrps, root);
> > +			nsdentry = kernfs_obtain_root(dentry->d_sb,
> > +				cgrp->kn);
> > +			dput(dentry);
> > +			dentry = nsdentry;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> 
> So, this would effectively allow namespace mounts to claim controllers
> which aren't configured otherwise which doesn't seem like a good idea.
> I think the right thing to do for namespace mounts is to always
> require an existing superblock.

that was my goal with https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sergeh/linux-security.git/commit/?h=cgroupns.v4&id=8eb75d2bb24df59e262f050dce567d2332adc5f3
(which was sent inline earlier in this thread in response to Eric)  Does
that look sufficient?

thanks,
-serge
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