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When currently mounting binderfs in the same ipc namespace twice: mount -t binder binder /A mount -t binder binder /B then the binderfs instances mounted on /A and /B will be the same, i.e. they will have the same superblock. This was the first approach that seemed reasonable. However, this leads to some problems and inconsistencies: /* private binderfs instance in same ipc namespace */ There is no way for a user to request a private binderfs instance in the same ipc namespace. This request has been made in a private mail to me by two independent people. /* bind-mounts */ If users want the same binderfs instance to appear in multiple places they can use bind mounts. So there is no value in having a request for a new binderfs mount giving them the same instance. /* unexpected behavior */ It's surprising that request to mount binderfs is not giving the user a new instance like tmpfs, devpts, ramfs, and others do. /* past mistakes */ Other pseudo-filesystems once made the same mistakes of giving back the same superblock when actually requesting a new mount (cf. devpts's deprecated "newinstance" option). We should not make the same mistake. Once we've committed to always giving back the same superblock in the same IPC namespace with the next kernel release we will not be able to make that change so better to do it now. /* kdbusfs */ It was pointed out to me that kdbusfs - which is conceptually closely related to binderfs - also allowed users to get a private kdbusfs instance in the same IPC namespace by making each mount of kdbusfs a separate instance. I think that makes a lot of sense. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> |
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| binder_alloc_selftest.c | ||
| binder_alloc.c | ||
| binder_alloc.h | ||
| binder_internal.h | ||
| binder_trace.h | ||
| binder.c | ||
| binderfs.c | ||
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