Re: [PATCH] IPC initialize shmmax and shmall from the current value not the default

From: Marian Marinov
Date: Sun May 25 2014 - 20:08:49 EST


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Hi Manfred,

On 05/25/2014 11:01 PM, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> Hi Marian,
>
> On 05/22/2014 03:01 PM, Marian Marinov wrote:
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>> On 05/05/2014 10:59 PM, Marian Marinov wrote:
>>>
>>> In my tests it worked exactly as expected. Here is an example:
>>>
>>> [root@sp2 ~]# sysctl -a|grep shmmax kernel.shmmax = 68719476736 [root@sp2 ~]# lxc-attach -n cent_plain
>>> [root@localhost ~]# sysctl -a|grep shmmax kernel.shmmax = 68719476736 [root@localhost ~]# halt [root@sp2 ~]#
>>> sysctl -a|grep shmmax kernel.shmmax = 68719476736 [root@sp2 ~]# sysctl kernel.shmmax=34359738368 kernel.shmmax
>>> = 34359738368 [root@sp2 ~]# lxc-start -n cent_plain -d [root@sp2 ~]# lxc-attach -n cent_plain [root@localhost
>>> ~]# sysctl -a|grep shmmax kernel.shmmax = 34359738368 [root@localhost ~]#
>>>
>>> So it seams to work as expected :)
>>>
>>> It works because wen you setup a new shmmax limit it is actually the limit in the init_ipc_ns. So when we are
>>> creating a new ipc_ns its ok to copy the values from init_ipc_ns.
>>>
>>> -Marian
>>>
>> Ping?
>>
>> So will there be any more comments on that?
>>
>>

It seams logical. I like your approach even better.
I'll test it tomorrow to confirm if all of my tests are successful.

Marian

> Attached is an untested idea: - each new namespace copies from it's parent, i.e. nested namespaces should work. -
> msg, sem and shm updated
>
> -- Manfred


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