Re: [PATCH 1/1] ns: Move MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL to ns_common.h, reuse it

[Christian Brauner]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 12:21:27PM +0100, Petr Vorel wrote:
> Move MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL to ns_common.h and reuse it in check in
> user_namespace.c.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hi Christian, all,
> 
> I don't see putting MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL into ns_common.h as an elegant
> solution but IMHO better than use a hardwired number or redefinition in
> user_namespace.h.

Hey Petr,

Weird I either deleted that message by accident or didn't get it.

> 
> Kind regards,
> Petr
> 
>  include/linux/ns_common.h     | 3 +++
>  include/linux/pid_namespace.h | 3 ---
>  kernel/user_namespace.c       | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/ns_common.h b/include/linux/ns_common.h
> index 0f1d024bd958..173fab9dadf7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ns_common.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ns_common.h
> @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/refcount.h>
>  
> +/* MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL is needed for limiting size of 'struct pid' */
> +#define MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL 32

The only two namespaces where this applies to have the same hard-coded
limit. If you want to get rid of the raw number you should just
introduce a generic define that expresses the limit for both pidns
and userns. Using "MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL" in the userns case is very
confusing. So if you wanted to do this introducing something like
#define MAX_NS_LEVEL 32
and using it in both places makes more sense.

Christian