Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Dec 2012 11:48:34 +0400 | From | Stanislav Kinsbursky <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC: connect to UNIX sockets synchronously |
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04.12.2012 18:20, Eric Paris пишет: > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Stanislav Kinsbursky > <skinsbursky@parallels.com> wrote: > >> But there should be noted, that such implementation introduces limitation >> (Trond's quote): >> "That approach can fall afoul of the selinux restrictions on the process >> context. Processes that are allowed to write data, may not be allowed to >> create sockets or call connect(). That is the main reason for doing it >> in the rpciod context, which is a clean kernel process context." > > So you tested this and Trond was wrong? This work just fine even on > an SELinux box? Or it does break tons and tons of people's computers? > > -Eric >
You can read discussion here: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1565111/
We use AF_LOCAL transports only for portmapper calls. So, we decided (or at least I understood that so) to make such connections from process context - i.e. synchronously.
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