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Fix the document title and reword the phrasing to active voice.
Signed-off-by: Joel Savitz <jsavitz@redhat.com>
---
Changes since v1:
- Fix spelling of resource
.../namespaces/resource-control.rst | 24 +++++++++----------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/namespaces/resource-control.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/namespaces/resource-control.rst
index 369556e00f0c..350134c26a98 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/namespaces/resource-control.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/namespaces/resource-control.rst
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-===========================
-Namespaces research control
-===========================
+====================================
+User namespaces and resource control
+====================================
-There are a lot of kinds of objects in the kernel that don't have
-individual limits or that have limits that are ineffective when a set
-of processes is allowed to switch user ids. With user namespaces
-enabled in a kernel for people who don't trust their users or their
-users programs to play nice this problems becomes more acute.
+The kernel contains many kinds of objects that either don't have
+individual limits or that have limits which are ineffective when
+a set of processes is allowed to switch their UID. On a system
+where there admins don't trust their users or their users' programs,
+user namespaces expose the system to potential misuse of resources.
-Therefore it is recommended that memory control groups be enabled in
-kernels that enable user namespaces, and it is further recommended
-that userspace configure memory control groups to limit how much
-memory user's they don't trust to play nice can use.
+In order to mitigate this, we recommend that admins enable memory
+control groups on any system that enables user namespaces.
+Furthermore, we recommend that admins configure the memory control
+groups to limit the maximum memory usable by any untrusted user.
Memory control groups can be configured by installing the libcgroup
package present on most distros editing /etc/cgrules.conf,
--
2.45.2
On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 11:04:28AM -0400, Joel Savitz wrote: > -There are a lot of kinds of objects in the kernel that don't have > -individual limits or that have limits that are ineffective when a set > -of processes is allowed to switch user ids. With user namespaces > -enabled in a kernel for people who don't trust their users or their > -users programs to play nice this problems becomes more acute. > +The kernel contains many kinds of objects that either don't have > +individual limits or that have limits which are ineffective when > +a set of processes is allowed to switch their UID. On a system > +where there admins don't trust their users or their users' programs, > +user namespaces expose the system to potential misuse of resources. Do you mean "when there are admins who don't trust ..." or "where admins don't trust ..."? Confused... -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 11:04:28AM -0400, Joel Savitz wrote: > > -There are a lot of kinds of objects in the kernel that don't have > > -individual limits or that have limits that are ineffective when a set > > -of processes is allowed to switch user ids. With user namespaces > > -enabled in a kernel for people who don't trust their users or their > > -users programs to play nice this problems becomes more acute. > > +The kernel contains many kinds of objects that either don't have > > +individual limits or that have limits which are ineffective when > > +a set of processes is allowed to switch their UID. On a system > > +where there admins don't trust their users or their users' programs, > > +user namespaces expose the system to potential misuse of resources. > > Do you mean "when there are admins who don't trust ..." or "where admins don't > trust ..."? I meant to write "the admins", my bad. > > Confused... > > -- > An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
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