[PATCH] docs: namespace: Tweak and reword resource control doc

[PATCH] docs: namespace: Tweak and reword resource control doc

[Joel Savitz]

Fix the document title and reword the phrasing to active voice.

Signed-off-by: Joel Savitz <jsavitz@redhat.com>
---
 .../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..624f4dceea46 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 resoruce 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

Re: [PATCH] docs: namespace: Tweak and reword resource control doc

[Randy Dunlap]

On 4/18/25 8:29 AM, Joel Savitz wrote:
> Fix the document title and reword the phrasing to active voice.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joel Savitz <jsavitz@redhat.com>
> ---
>  .../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..624f4dceea46 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 resoruce control

                       resource

> +====================================
>  
> -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,

-- 
~Randy

Re: [PATCH] docs: namespace: Tweak and reword resource control doc

[Joel Savitz]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 4/18/25 8:29 AM, Joel Savitz wrote:
> > Fix the document title and reword the phrasing to active voice.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joel Savitz <jsavitz@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  .../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..624f4dceea46 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 resoruce control
>
>                        resource

Oh, oops!

>
>
> > +====================================
> >
> > -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,
>
> --
> ~Randy
>