Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Nov 2015 18:47:00 +1100 (AEDT) | From | James Morris <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] User namespace mount updates |
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On Wed, 18 Nov 2015, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 09:05:12AM -0600, Seth Forshee wrote: > > > >> Yes, the host admin. I'm not talking about trusting the admin inside the > >> container at all. > > > > Then why not have the same host admin just plain mount it when setting the > > container up and be done with that? From the host namespace, before spawning > > the docker instance or whatever framework you are using. IDGI... > > Because hosting companies sell containers as "full virtual machines" > and customers expect to be able mount stuff like disk images they upload.
I don't think this is a valid reason for merging functionality into the kernel.
-- James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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