Re: [PATCH 5/8] kernfs: let objects opt-in to propagating from the initial namespace

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Hello,

On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 05:21:48PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> The initial namespace is special in many ways. One feature it always has
> had is that it propagates all its devices into all non-initial
> namespaces. This is e.g. true for all device classes under /sys/class/

Maybe I'm missing your point but I've always thought of it the other way
around. Some namespaces make all objects visible in init_ns so that all
non-init namespaces are subset of the init one, which sometimes requires
creating aliases. Other namespaces don't do that. At least in my experience,
the former is a lot easier to administer.

The current namespace support in kernfs behaves the way it does because the
only namespace it supports is netns, but if we're expanding it, I think it
might be better to default to init_ns is superset of all others model and make
netns opt for the disjointing behavior.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun



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