Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] fs, close_range: add flag CLOSE_RANGE_CLOEXEC
From: Christian Brauner
Date: Wed Nov 18 2020 - 05:02:29 EST
On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 05:47:53PM +0100, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>
> Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 12:26:52PM +0200, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:
> >> When the new flag is used, close_range will set the close-on-exec bit
> >> for the file descriptors instead of close()-ing them.
> >>
> >> It is useful for e.g. container runtimes that want to minimize the
> >> number of syscalls used after a seccomp profile is installed but want
> >> to keep some fds open until the container process is executed.
> >>
> >> v1->v2:
> >> * move close_range(..., CLOSE_RANGE_CLOEXEC) implementation to a separate function.
> >> * use bitmap_set() to set the close-on-exec bits in the bitmap.
> >> * add test with rlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE) in place.
> >> * use "cur_max" that is already used by close_range(..., 0).
> >
> > I'm picking this up for some testing, thanks
> > Christian
>
> thanks! I've addressed the comments you had for v2 and pushed them
> here[1] but I've not sent yet v3 as I was waiting for a feedback from Al
> whether using bitmap_set() is fine.
Send it please.
Christian