Re: [RCF] [PATCH] unprivileged mount/umount

Jamie Lokier
2005-05-12T01:03:40Z

Eric Van Hensbergen wrote:
> > Well it makes it totally confusing. A user would start seeing different
> > set of mounts suddenly as he changes directories beloning to different
> > namespaces. I am not sure, if changing namespace implicitly is a good
> > idea. Not saying its a bad idea, but seems to change my notion of
> > namespaces completely.
> >
> > I think a process should have access to one
> > namespace at any given point in time, and should have the ability
> > to explicitly switch to a different namespace of its choice, provided
> > it has enough access permission to that namespace.
> >
>
> I agree with Ram. This whole recent flurry of activity seems to be
> going down a path which will end in tears.

Please read carefully: I've described what _current_ kernels do.

It's a poorly understood area of the kernel, and I'm attempting to
clarify it. This talk of new system calls for entering a namespace
makes no sense when you can _already_ do some things that people
haven't realised the kernel does.

-- Jamie