Re: [RFC][PATCH 04/20] pspace: Allow multiple instaces of the process id namespace

> This seems a very valid point.  And even if you implement code to detect
> when a process exits whether it is a child_reaper for some pspace, you
> can't just make pspace->child_reaper = pspace->child_reaper->child_reaper,
> as the wid may not be valid in the grandparent's namespace, right?

Right. What I have done is in the PSPACE_EXIT condition all children
when they die self reap and have the global process reaper set to their
parent.  However since exit_signal == -1 the initial process reaper
never sees them.

Even for a nested pspace I figure it is an error for anything to outlive
init.  The wid not working is a valid reason for this however if it was
really necessary a new wid value could be allocated.  As nothing on
the inside of a pspace is directly aware of it. 

The situation is very similar to being behind a NAT firewall.

Eric
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• References:
  • [RFC][PATCH 0/20] Multiple instances of the process id namespace
    • From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
  • [RFC][PATCH 01/20] pid: Intoduce the concept of a wid (wait id)
    • From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
  • [RFC][PATCH 02/20] pspace: The parent process id of pid 1 is always 0.
    • From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
  • [RFC][PATCH 03/20] pid: Introduce a generic helper to test for init.
    • From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
  • [RFC][PATCH 04/20] pspace: Allow multiple instaces of the process id namespace
    • From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
  • Re: [RFC][PATCH 04/20] pspace: Allow multiple instaces of the process id namespace
    • From: Kirill Korotaev <[email protected]>
  • Re: [RFC][PATCH 04/20] pspace: Allow multiple instaces of the process id namespace
    • From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
  • Re: [RFC][PATCH 04/20] pspace: Allow multiple instaces of the process id namespace
    • From: Kirill Korotaev <[email protected]>
  • Re: [RFC][PATCH 04/20] pspace: Allow multiple instaces of the process id namespace
    • From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <[email protected]>

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