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From: Vasileios Almpanis <vasileios.almpanis@virtuozzo.com>
To: Vladimir Riabchun <vladimir.riabchun@virtuozzo.com>
Cc: devel@openvz.org
Subject: Re: [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 v2 3/3] ve_namespace: Allow entering non-running VE namespace
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:33:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <178896443373.479408.11976716167479776365.b4-review@b4> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260909-ve-selftest-improv-v2-3-aad0a25d6569@virtuozzo.com>

> This doesn't bring a lot of value and makes tests more complex.
> To enter VE namespace we need to actually start VE.
> 
> In vzctl we have locking to prevent parallel creations.
> If someone decides to skip locks and start one CT
> in parallel - big mistake, but not ours.
> 
> https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-144504
> 
> Feature: ve selftests
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Riabchun <vladimir.riabchun@virtuozzo.com>
>
> diff --git a/kernel/ve/ve_namespace.c b/kernel/ve/ve_namespace.c
> index 3dbe0dde2645..879a7863e33f 100644
> --- a/kernel/ve/ve_namespace.c
> +++ b/kernel/ve/ve_namespace.c
> @@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ static int ve_ns_install(struct nsset *nsset, struct ns_common *new)
>  		return -EPERM;
>  
>  	if (!VE_IS_RUNNING(ve_ns->ve))
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		pr_warn_once("Switching to a non-running ve %s.\n",

Maybe better print ve->veid instead of ve_name(). ve_offline() sets
ve->ve_name to NULL when the ve cgroup is removed, so we will see 
"ve (null)" in that case.

> +			ve_name(ve_ns->ve));

This change means that now a host task can enter the CT before the CT
has been started. A task can enter into the VE by two ways either
copy_ve_ns or by switch_ve_namespace both of which call ve_setup_task.
This function sets whether the task can be ptraced, core dumped etc
which will be skipped because ve_setup_task checks if ve is running
which it will not be. So here we break the invariant that tasks that
enter into the ve from host cannot be ptraced etc. I suggest to add
a flag to ve_setup_task entered which will be 1 for switch_ve_namespace
and 0 for copy_ve_ns

-- 
Vasileios Almpanis <vasileios.almpanis@virtuozzo.com>
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  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-09 14:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-09 12:14 [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 v2 0/3] Improvements for ve selftests Vladimir Riabchun
2026-09-09 12:14 ` [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 v2 1/3] selftests/ve: Add namespace management helpers Vladimir Riabchun
2026-09-09 14:33   ` Vasileios Almpanis
2026-09-09 12:14 ` [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 v2 2/3] selftests/ve: Add more helpers Vladimir Riabchun
2026-09-09 14:33   ` Vasileios Almpanis
2026-09-09 12:14 ` [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 v2 3/3] ve_namespace: Allow entering non-running VE namespace Vladimir Riabchun
2026-09-09 14:33   ` Vasileios Almpanis [this message]
2026-09-09 18:56     ` Vladimir Riabchun

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