On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 09:59:26PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > The binary interface to the namespace sysctls was never implemented > resulting in some really weird things if you attempted to use > sys_sysctl to read your hostname for example. > > This patch series simples the code a little and implements the binary > sysctl interface. > > In testing this patch series I discovered that our 32bit compatibility > for the binary sysctl interface is imperfect. In particular > KERN_SHMMAX and KERN_SMMALL are size_t sized quantities and are > returned as 8 bytes on to 32bit binaries using a x86_64 kernel. > However this has existing for a long time so it is not a new > regression with the namespace work. > > Gads the whole sysctl thing needs work before it stops being easy > to shoot yourself in the foot. > > Looking forward a little bit we need a better way to handle sysctls > and namespaces as our current technique will not work for the network > namespace. I think something based on the current overlapping sysctl > trees will work but the proc side needs to be redone before we can > use it.
the linux banner needs some attention too, when I get around, I'll send a patch for that ... best, Herbert > Eric > > > > _______________________________________________ > Containers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/containers - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
