[libvirt] [PATCH v4 00/10] Add user namespace support for libvirt lxc

[Gao feng]

On 07/02/2013 06:24 PM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 03:12:17PM +0800, Gao feng wrote:
>> This patchset try to add userns support for libvirt lxc.
>> Since userns is nearly completed in linux-3.9, the old
>> kernel doesn't support userns, I add some New XML elements
>> to let people decide if enable userns.The userns is enabled
>> only when user configure the XML.
>>
>> The format of user namespace related XML file like below:
>> <idmap>
>>     <uid start='0' target='1000' count='10'>
>>     <gid start='0' target='1000' count='10'>
>> </idmap>
>> it means the user in container (which uid:gid is 0:0) will
>> be mapped to the user in host (uid:gid is 1000:1000), count
>> is used to form an u/gid range: The users in container which
>> uid in [start, start + count -1] will be mapped.
>>
>> You can have multiple lines to map differnet id ranges,
>> caution, you must make sure the root user of container has
>> been mapped.
>>
>> This patchset also does the below jobs.
>>
>> 1, Because the uninit userns has no right to create devices,
>>    we should create devices for container on host.
>> 2, Changes the owner of fuse and tty device.
>>
>> Change from v3:
>> 1, fix some bugs that Daniel pointed out
>> 2, reorder the patchset,introduce virLXCControllerChown first.
>> 3, rebase
>>
>> Change from v2:
>> 1, Mount tmpfs on /stateDir/domain.dev
>> 2, Create devices under /stateDir/doamin.dev/
>> 3, Mount Move the /.oldroot/stateDir/doamin.dev/ on the /dev/ of container
>> 4, Enhance the configuration, disallow the semi configuration
>>
>>
>> Gao feng (10):
>>   LXC: Introduce New XML element for user namespace
>>   LXC: enable user namespace only when user set the uidmap
>>   LXC: sort the uidmap/gidmap of domain
>>   LXC: introduce virLXCControllerSetupUserns and lxcContainerSetID
>>   LXC: Creating devices for container on host side
>>   LXC: controller: change the owner of tty devices to the root user of
>>     container
>>   LXC: controller: change the owner of /dev to the root user of
>>     container
>>   LXC: controller: change the owner of devices created on host
>>   LXC: controller: change the owner of /dev/pts and ptmx to the root of
>>     container
>>   LXC: fuse: Change files owner to the root user of container
>>
>>  docs/formatdomain.html.in     |  23 +++++
>>  docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng |  31 ++++++
>>  src/conf/domain_conf.c        | 115 +++++++++++++++++++++
>>  src/conf/domain_conf.h        |  22 ++++
>>  src/lxc/lxc_container.c       | 173 +++++++++++++++++--------------
>>  src/lxc/lxc_controller.c      | 235 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>  src/lxc/lxc_fuse.c            |   4 +
>>  7 files changed, 516 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-)
> 
> FYI, this patchset is now merged.
> 
> I fixed up error reporting in patch 1, and I made a slight change to
> patch #4, to avoid needlessly moving some functions.
> 

cool! thanks you guys!