From: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
To: Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com>
Cc: Spectrum OS Development <devel@spectrum-os.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] host/rootfs: Avoid using bwrap to enter new PID namespace
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:01:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jyqz1cwq.fsf@alyssa.is> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47d40c5e-ef44-4101-857e-3f656f1d14bf@gmail.com>
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Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com> writes:
> On 7/10/26 10:39, Alyssa Ross wrote:
>> Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/vm-services/template/data/service/vhost-user-gpu/run b/host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/vm-services/template/data/service/vhost-user-gpu/run
>>> index c3bfafe02ec6d2ee418fe56b033bbc4c7a73b186..f5c0f15184f0e72457f9c0bfa546590b9308eb9c 100755
>>> --- a/host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/vm-services/template/data/service/vhost-user-gpu/run
>>> +++ b/host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/vm-services/template/data/service/vhost-user-gpu/run
>>> @@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ s6-applyuidgid -UzG 15 # wayland
>>> s6-ipcserverd -1c 1
>>>
>>> bwrap
>>> - --unshare-all
>>> - # --unshare-all only implies --unshare-user-try.
>>> - # Make this more than a "try".
>>> + --unshare-net
>>> + --unshare-ipc
>>> + --unshare-uts
>>> + --unshare-cgroup
>>> --unshare-user
>>> --bind $WAYLAND_DISPLAY $WAYLAND_DISPLAY
>>> --ro-bind /usr /usr
>>
>> There's a subtle behaviour change here. The pid namespace is reused
>> between runs of crosvm, because if crosvm exits, s6-ipcserverd will stay
>> running and wait for the next connection, then respawn crosvm. It's
>> done this way because crosvm has made the unusual decision to support
>> being started on a connected socket, rather than a listening socket like
>> one might expect. Is that okay? I'd guess yes, but I want to check
>> with you!
>
> It's less robust than I would like, but there is no reason one cannot
> have both s6-supervise and bubblewrap create PID namespaces. That's
> the approach I would go with.
What's the point of the intermediate PID namespace?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-13 11:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-09 23:46 [PATCH] host/rootfs: Avoid using bwrap to enter new PID namespace Demi Marie Obenour
2026-07-10 14:39 ` Alyssa Ross
2026-07-10 17:09 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2026-07-13 9:01 ` Alyssa Ross [this message]
2026-07-13 14:17 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2026-07-15 10:15 ` Alyssa Ross
2026-07-15 16:51 ` Demi Marie Obenour
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