setns vs unshare bug

[Pavel Emelyanov]

On 08/10/2012 07:08 PM, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
> On 08/10/2012 07:00 PM, Serge Hallyn wrote:
>> Hi Pavel,
>>
>> I don't believe this is a bug.  The fd is to a specific network
>> namespace.  If the target task later changes his namespace, that
>> doesn't change the fact that you asked for access to the old
>> namespace.
>>
>> You're worried about a race?
> 
> No, it's not a race. The proc ns file doesn't reflect the actual state
> of a task it belongs to, but instead has some internal state which is
> not observable/controllable from the outside. Look at my proggie -- the
> "else" branch does expects that setns will bring it into a new net, but
> it only does so if proc dcache is empty!

I mean -- I open a task's proc ns file _strictly_ _after_ that task called
unshare, but happen to obtain an _old_ net namespace, because this old netns
was cached on the task's proc file.

Hope this explains better what I'm concerned about.

Thanks,
Pavel