Re: [RFC][PATCH] rbind across namespaces

[Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>]

Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > So you'd say 'mount /dev/foo /proc/self/fd/4' if 4 was an fd pointing to 
> > a directory in another namespace?
> >
> > That does require proc_check_root be removed.  :\
>
>
> Or just make an exception to self?
>
> proc_check_root() could begin with:
>
> 	if (current == proc_task(inode))
> 		return 0;
>
> For all other tasks it would still be effective.

Yes, I think something like that is workable :)

(we still have to fix up all the namespace->sem locking.  I have yet to 
review Ram's patch.)

Mike Waychison
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