From: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@gmail.com>
To: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v2 3/3] vsock: document write-once behavior of the child_ns_mode sysctl
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:10:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260218-vsock-ns-write-once-v2-3-19e4c50d509a@meta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260218-vsock-ns-write-once-v2-0-19e4c50d509a@meta.com>
From: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>
Update the vsock child_ns_mode documentation to include the new the
write-once semantics of setting child_ns_mode. The semantics are
implemented in a different patch in this series.
Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
index c10530624f1e..976a176fb451 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
@@ -581,9 +581,9 @@ The init_net mode is always ``global``.
child_ns_mode
-------------
-Controls what mode newly created child namespaces will inherit. At namespace
-creation, ``ns_mode`` is inherited from the parent's ``child_ns_mode``. The
-initial value matches the namespace's own ``ns_mode``.
+Write-once. Controls what mode newly created child namespaces will inherit. At
+namespace creation, ``ns_mode`` is inherited from the parent's
+``child_ns_mode``. The initial value matches the namespace's own ``ns_mode``.
Values:
@@ -594,6 +594,10 @@ Values:
their sockets will only be able to connect within their own
namespace.
+``child_ns_mode`` can only be written once per namespace. Writing the same
+value that is already set succeeds. Writing a different value after the first
+write returns ``-EBUSY``.
+
Changing ``child_ns_mode`` only affects namespaces created after the change;
it does not modify the current namespace or any existing children.
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-18 18:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-18 18:10 [PATCH net v2 0/3] vsock: add write-once semantics to child_ns_mode Bobby Eshleman
2026-02-18 18:10 ` [PATCH net v2 1/3] selftests/vsock: change tests to respect write-once child ns mode Bobby Eshleman
2026-02-19 10:35 ` Stefano Garzarella
2026-02-18 18:10 ` [PATCH net v2 2/3] vsock: lock down child_ns_mode as write-once Bobby Eshleman
2026-02-19 10:35 ` Stefano Garzarella
2026-02-19 16:20 ` Bobby Eshleman
2026-02-19 16:36 ` Stefano Garzarella
2026-02-18 18:10 ` Bobby Eshleman [this message]
2026-02-19 10:36 ` [PATCH net v2 3/3] vsock: document write-once behavior of the child_ns_mode sysctl Stefano Garzarella
2026-02-19 16:06 ` Bobby Eshleman
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