linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v5] pidns: introduce syscall translate

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Message-ID: <2cc8a788-56ec-8e30-be04-d5d0e0791f90@oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 1 Jun 2018 08:55:43 -0700
From:   NAGARATHNAM MUTHUSAMY <nagarathnam.muthusamy@...cle.com>
To:     Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...ntu.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Prakash Sangappa <prakash.sangappa@...cle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v5] pidns: introduce syscall translate_pid



On 5/31/2018 11:58 PM, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 9:05 PM, Eric W. Biederman
> <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:
>> Nagarathnam Muthusamy <nagarathnam.muthusamy@...cle.com> writes:
>>
>>> Ping? Any additional comments on this patch?
>> Konstantin's v5 no.
>>
>>    I am uncomfortable with unnecessary flexibility.  I don't want to
>>    encourage the increased usage of pids to identify namespaces.  I saw
>>    no arguments in favor of pids to identify namespaces from Konstantin.
>>
>> Your v4 updated to reflect Andrew Morton's concerns in the changelog
>> yes.
> Ok, whatever. If I the only blocker then let it be v4 design.

Thanks! I will resend the V4 patch with a plain text man page for 
translate_pid.

Thanks,
Nagarathnam.
>
>> Eric
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