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SubjectRe: [PATCH] syscalls: Document OCI seccomp filter interactions & workaround
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* Christoph Hellwig:

> On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 01:08:20PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> This documents a way to safely use new security-related system calls
>> while preserving compatibility with container runtimes that require
>> insecure emulation (because they filter the system call by default).
>> Admittedly, it is somewhat hackish, but it can be implemented by
>> userspace today, for existing system calls such as faccessat2,
>> without kernel or container runtime changes.
>
> I think this is completely insane. Tell the OCI folks to fix their
> completely broken specification instead.

Do you categorically reject the general advice, or specific instances as
well? Like this workaround for faccessat that follows the pattern I
outlined:

<https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2020-November/119955.html>

I value your feedback and want to make sure I capture it accurately.

Thanks,
Florian
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