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authorLinus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>2026-06-30 18:05:56 +0100
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ARM: 9480/1: entry: expand comment in __switch_tografted
As per discussion between the developers in the mail thread linked, expand the comment in __switch_to so that readers of the code understand what is going on. Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
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+====================================
+User namespaces and resource control
+====================================
+
+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 the admins don't trust their users or their users' programs,
+user namespaces expose the system to potential misuse of resources.
+
+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,
+/etc/cgconfig.conf and setting up libpam-cgroup.