linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] binder: ipc namespace support for android binder

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Date:   Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:29:34 -0700
From:   Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>
To:     chouryzhou@...cent.com
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        dave@...olabs.net, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:ANDROID DRIVERS" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] binder: ipc namespace support for android binder

+christian@...uner.io

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 7:29 PM chouryzhou(周威) <chouryzhou@...cent.com> wrote:
...
>
> > It's not obvious from this patch where this dependency comes
> > from...why is SYSVIPC required? I'd like to not have to require IPC_NS
> > either for devices.
>
> Yes, the patch is not highly dependent on SYSVIPC, but it will be convenient
> if require it. I will update it to drop dependency of it in V2 patch. This patch
> doesn't need IPC_NS set at present.

Actually it is dependent on IPC_NS since it makes changes to
ipc/namespace.c which is
compiled only if CONFIG_IPC_NS.

There are a couple more implementations similar to this one.
https://lwn.net/Articles/577957/ and some submissions to AOSP derived
from that one
that introduce a generic registration function for namespace support [1], and
changes to binder to implement namespaces [2].

If this is really needed, then we should have a solution that works
for devices without
requiring IPC_NS or SYSVIPC. Also, we should not add binder-specific code to
ipc/namespace.c or include/linux/ipc_namespace.h.

-Todd

[1] https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/kernel/common/+/471961
[2] https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/kernel/common/+/471825