Re: [PATCH 0/5] RFC: connector: Add network namespace awareness

[Eric W. Biederman]

Matt Bennett <matt.bennett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Previously the connector functionality could only be used by processes running in the
> default network namespace. This meant that any process that uses the connector functionality
> could not operate correctly when run inside a container. This is a draft patch series that
> attempts to now allow this functionality outside of the default network namespace.
>
> I see this has been discussed previously [1], but am not sure how my changes relate to all
> of the topics discussed there and/or if there are any unintended side effects from my draft
> changes.

Is there a piece of software that uses connector that you want to get
working in containers?

I am curious what the motivation is because up until now there has been
nothing very interesting using this functionality.  So it hasn't been
worth anyone's time to make the necessary changes to the code.

Eric


> Thanks.
>
> [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150806196728365&w=2
>
> Matt Bennett (5):
>   connector: Use task pid helpers
>   connector: Use 'current_user_ns' function
>   connector: Ensure callback entry is released
>   connector: Prepare for supporting multiple namespaces
>   connector: Create connector per namespace
>
>  Documentation/driver-api/connector.rst |   6 +-
>  drivers/connector/cn_proc.c            | 110 +++++++-------
>  drivers/connector/cn_queue.c           |   9 +-
>  drivers/connector/connector.c          | 192 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c                  |   1 +
>  drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c        |   6 +-
>  drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-transfer.c |   6 +-
>  drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c          |   8 +-
>  drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c                |  19 +--
>  include/linux/connector.h              |  38 +++--
>  include/net/net_namespace.h            |   4 +
>  kernel/exit.c                          |   2 +-
>  samples/connector/cn_test.c            |   6 +-
>  13 files changed, 286 insertions(+), 121 deletions(-)