[PATCH] IPC initialize shmmax and shmall from the current value not the default

[Marian Marinov]

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On 05/05/2014 10:59 PM, Marian Marinov wrote:
> On 05/04/2014 02:17 PM, Manfred Spraul wrote:
>> Hi Marian,
>> 
>> Note: The limits will soon be increased to (nearly) ULONG_MAX. I.e.: If you propose the patch because you are
>> running into issues with a too small SEMMAX after an unshare(CLONE_NEWIPC), then this will be fixed soon.
>> 
>> 
>> On 05/04/2014 01:53 AM, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2014-05-04 at 01:48 +0300, Marian Marinov wrote:
>>>> When we are creating new IPC namespace that should be cloned from the current namespace it is a good idea to
>>>> copy the values of the current shmmax and shmall to the new namespace.
>> The idea sounds reasonable: If an admin has reduced the limits, then the reduction should also apply after a
>> unshare(CLONE_NEWIPC).
>> 
>> But: Your patch doesn't use the current shmmax, it uses the shmmax from init_ipc_ns. Would it be possible to use
>> the current values?
> 
> In my tests it worked exactly as expected. Here is an example:
> 
> [root at sp2 ~]# sysctl -a|grep shmmax kernel.shmmax = 68719476736 [root at sp2 ~]# lxc-attach -n cent_plain 
> [root at localhost ~]# sysctl -a|grep shmmax kernel.shmmax = 68719476736 [root at localhost ~]# halt [root at sp2 ~]# sysctl
> -a|grep shmmax kernel.shmmax = 68719476736 [root at sp2 ~]# sysctl kernel.shmmax=34359738368 kernel.shmmax =
> 34359738368 [root at sp2 ~]# lxc-start -n cent_plain -d [root at sp2 ~]# lxc-attach -n cent_plain [root at localhost ~]#
> sysctl -a|grep shmmax kernel.shmmax = 34359738368 [root at localhost ~]#
> 
> So it seams to work as expected :)
> 
> It works because wen you setup a new shmmax limit it is actually the limit in the init_ipc_ns. So when we are
> creating a new ipc_ns its ok to copy the values from init_ipc_ns.
> 
> -Marian
> 

Ping?

So will there be any more comments on that?

Marian

>> 
>>> Why is this a good idea?
>>> 
>>> This would break userspace that relies on the current behavior. Furthermore we've recently changed the default
>>> value of both these limits to be as large as you can get, thus deprecating them. I don't like the idea of this
>>> being replaced by namespaces.
>> Davidlohr: We are not deprecating them, we make the default huge. The limits should stay as usable as they were.
>> 
>> With regards to breaking user space, I must think about it a bit more. Right now, each new namespace starts with
>> SEMMAX=32MB, i.e. an often unusable default.
>> 
>> -- Manfred
>> 
> 
> 


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