Re: [PATCH net 2/2] auth_gss: Fix deadlock that blocks rpcsec_gss_exit_net when use-gss-proxy==1

From: bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue Sep 28 2021 - 11:43:15 EST


On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 03:36:58PM +0000, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> What is the use case here? Starting the gssd daemon or knfsd in
> separate chrooted environments? We already know that they have to be
> started in the same net namespace, which pretty much ensures it has to
> be the same container.

Somehow I forgot that knfsd startup is happening in some real process's
context too (not just a kthread).

OK, great, I agree, that sounds like it should work.

--b.