Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/4] netns: add genl cmd to add and get peer netns ids

[Nicolas Dichtel]

Le 30/10/2014 19:35, Eric W. Biederman a Ãcrit :
> Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > With this patch, a user can define an id for a peer netns by providing a FD or a
> > PID. These ids are local to netns (ie valid only into one netns).
>
> Scratches head.  Do you actually find value in using the pid instead of
> a file descriptor?
I copied the mechanism from rtnl_link_get_net():
First check if the user provides a PID, if not, check for a FD.

> Doing things by pid was an early attempt to make things work, and has
> been a bit clutsy.  If you don't find value in it I would recommend just
> supporting getting/setting the network namespace by file descriptor.
Hmm, if I understand well, it's what is done in the patch:

[snip]
> > +static int netns_nl_cmd_newid(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
> > +{
[snip]
> > +	if (info->attrs[NETNSA_PID])
> > +		peer = get_net_ns_by_pid(nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NETNSA_PID]));
> > +	else if (info->attrs[NETNSA_FD])
> > +		peer = get_net_ns_by_fd(nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NETNSA_FD]));
> > +	else
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	if (IS_ERR(peer))
> > +		return PTR_ERR(peer);

Am I right?


Regards,
Nicolas
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