Re: [PATCH RFC 0/4] pidfs: allow retrieval of namespace descriptors

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Am Do., 27. Juni 2024 um 16:11 Uhr schrieb Christian Brauner
<brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> In recent discussions it became clear that having the ability to go from
> pidfd to namespace file descriptor is desirable. Not just because it is
> already possible to use pidfds with setns() to switch namespaces
> atomically but also because it makes it possible to interact with
> namespaces without having procfs mounted solely relying on the pidfd.
>
> This adds support from deriving a namespace file descriptor from a
> pidfd for all namespace types.

Extremely useful API. Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Thanks!
> Christian
>
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> base-commit: 2a79498f76350570427af72da04b1c7d0e24149e
> change-id: 20240627-work-pidfs-fd415f4d3cd1
>




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