[Devel] Re: [RFC][v8][PATCH 3/10]: Make pid_max a pid_ns property

Pavel Emelyanov xemul at openvz.org
Tue Oct 13 09:10:30 PDT 2009


> This patch isn't a core part of the clone_with_pid functionality,
> just something Eric has asked for.  So I don't object to dropping
> it.  But I disagree with Alexey's claim that this isn't a namespace
> property.  It should be.

OK

>> frankly I don't see the reason for doing so. Why should we?
>> Especially taking into account, that we essentially cannot
>> change thin in the namespace level 3 and deeper?
> 
> What do you mean by that?  With this patchset we're not, it's
> true, but we trivially can - even now, userspace can simply not
> give the container CAP_SYS_ADMIN or write access to the sysctl
> so they can't do any more CLONE_NEWPIDS or change the sysctl.

It's a misprint - I meant "level 2 and deeper". Sysctl is
only pointing at the init_pid_ns variable.

> -serge
> 

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