netdev - [PATCH] Fix: Preserve /sys hierarchy in network namespaces

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Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 20:05:37 +0500
From: Bilal Khan <bilalkhanrecovered@...il.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc: majordomo@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Preserve /sys hierarchy in network namespaces

Dear Maintainer,

I have come across an issue with the way network namespaces are
created by ip-netns(8) in Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS. The problem occurs when
the /sys hierarchy, particularly /sys/fs/cgroup, is not properly
mounted within network namespaces. This issue can be traced back to
the netns_switch() function in the lib/namespace.c file, where /sys is
explicitly unmounted and mounted again.

I have created a patch to fix this issue, which removes the calls to
umount2() and mount() related to the /sys filesystem in the
netns_switch() function. The patch file is named
0001-Fix-Preserve-sys-hierarchy-in-network-namespaces-by-.patch, and I
have attached it to this email.

By applying this patch, the /sys hierarchy should be preserved within
network namespaces, and the reported bug should be resolved. Please
review the patch and consider merging it into the main codebase.

Best regards,

Bilal

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