netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/5] netns: allow to identify peer netns

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Date:	Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:09:58 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/5] netns: allow to identify peer netns

Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com> writes:

> The goal of this serie is to be able to multicast netlink messages with an
> attribute that identify a peer netns.
> This is needed by the userland to interpret some informations contained in
> netlink messages (like IFLA_LINK value, but also some other attributes in case
> of x-netns netdevice (see also
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/315933/focus=316064)).
>
> Each network namespaces allocates its own ids for other netns (including
> itself). The user can retrieve these ids via a new netlink messages, but only
> if he has a FD which points to this netns. Dump is not implemented so that a
> user cannot get the whole netns list.
>
> The goal of this RFC is mainly to validate the principle, ie patch 1/5 and 2/5.
> Patch 3/5 and 4/5 shows an example of how to use these ids in rtnetlink
> messages. And patch 5/5 shows that the netlink messages can be symetric between
> a GET and a SET.

This approach fundamentally breaks process migration, and calls for a
namespace of namespaces.

Which means this is a major mess that really isn't going to work because
it generates more problems than it solves.

Eric
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