linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] ipc: Remove extra1 field abuse to pass ipc namespace

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Message-ID: <94d3de676845342fa8abe0c90ee3c98f@pricom.com.au>
Date:   Wed, 04 May 2022 13:42:03 +1000
From:   Philip Rhoades <phil@...com.com.au>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Alexander Mikhalitsyn <alexander.mikhalitsyn@...tuozzo.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        Daniel Walsh <dwalsh@...hat.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>,
        Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>,
        Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>,
        Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Varad Gautam <varad.gautam@...e.com>,
        Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] ipc: Remove extra1 field abuse to pass ipc
 namespace

People,


On 2022-04-23 06:44, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 5:53 AM Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, Linus, these changes are not the refactoring you were talking
>> about, but I plan to try to do such a refactoring in the my next
>> patchset.
> 
> Heh. Ok, I'm not saying these patches are pretty, and looking up the
> namespace thing is a bit subtle, but it's certainly prettier than the
> existing odd "create a new ctl_table entry because of field abuse".
> 
> So this certainly looks like an improvement from a quick look.
> 
>               Linus


Thanks for that little glimpse into what happens with kernel development 
- interesting!

Phil.
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