Re: Kernel 2.6.33-rc6, 3 bugs container specific.

[Jean-Marc Pigeon <jmp-4qkeo2rQ0gg@public.gmane.org>]

Hello,


> 
> I was wondering out loud about the best design to solve his problem.
> 
> If we try to redirect kernel-generated messages to containers, we have
> several problems, including whether we need to duplicate the messages
> to the host container.  So in one sense it seems more flexible to
> 	1. send everything to host syslog
		No, if we do that all CONTs message will reach
		the same bucket and it will be difficult to sort
		them out..
		CONT sys_admin and HOST sys_admin could be different
		"entity", so you debug CONT config and critical
		needed information reach HOST (which you do not 
		have access to).
> 	2. clamp down on syslog use by processes not in the init_user_ns
		Could give me more detail??...
> 	3. let the userspace on the host copy messages into a socket or
> 	   file so child container can pretend it has real syslog.

		So you trap printk message from CONT on the HOST and 
		redirect them on CONT but on a standard syslog channel.
		Seem OK to me, as long /proc/kmsg is not existing
		(/dev/null) in the CONT file tree.
		
-- 
A bientôt
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