Re: semaphore usage "port based"?

From: Kris Kennaway <kris(at)obsecurity(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris(at)obsecurity(dot)org>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, freebsd-stable(at)freebsd(dot)org
Subject: Re: semaphore usage "port based"?
Date: 2006-04-03 03:31:47
Message-ID: 20060403033146.GA58254@xor.obsecurity.org
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On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 11:26:52PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Kris Kennaway <kris(at)obsecurity(dot)org> writes:
> > On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 11:17:49PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> I have no objection to doing that, so long as you are actually doing it
> >> correctly. This example shows that each jail must have its own SysV
> >> semaphore key space, else information leaks anyway.
>
> > By default SysV shared memory is disallowed in jails.
>
> Hm, the present problem seems to be about semaphores not shared memory

Sorry, I meant IPC.

> ... although I'd not be surprised to find that there's a similar issue
> around shared memory. Anyway, if FBSD's position is that they are
> uninterested in supporting SysV IPC in connection with jails, then I
> think the Postgres project position has to be that we are uninterested
> in supporting Postgres inside FBSD jails.

No-one is taking a position of being "uninterested", so please don't
be hasty to reciprocate.

Kris

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