[squid-dev] To make squid works in snap world.

[Gary Wang]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 2:49 AM, Alex Rousskov
<rousskov at measurement-factory.com> wrote:
> On 03/15/2017 11:03 AM, Gary Wang wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 12:33 AM, Alex Rousskov wrote:
>>>     On 03/15/2017 03:24 AM, Gary Wang wrote:
>>>     > Regarding the confinement of usage of shared memory in snap world,
>>>     >        Please take a look at the bug
>>>     >        https://bugs.launchpad.net/snappy/+bug/1653955
>
>>>     The above bug description appears to imply that snap allows
>>>     /dev/shm/snap.@{SNAP_NAME}.* names, which are not the names used in your
>>>     prior examples (IIRC). The sem.* pattern you used confused reviewers
>>>     into thinking that you are trying to solve the wrong problem. The actual
>>>     problem you are trying to solve (AFAICT) is valid and is not about the
>>>     "sem." prefix but about the "snap." prefix.
>
>
>
>>     A: Yes, We finally see it the same way.
>
> IIRC, until now, there was no disagreement among you and me regarding
> this aspect of your submission. You need to convince Amos that you are
> solving the right problem.
   A: Amos, could you take another look?
       Thanks.

>
>
>>        In snap world, only the following name pattern is allowed
>>             /dev/shm/sem.snap.@{SNAP_NAME}.*
>>        not
>>             /dev/shm/snap.@{SNAP_NAME}.*
>
>
> That statement appears to contradict bug/1653955 description and, if
> true, sounds like a snap bug, but, fortunately, it has no significant
> effect on the proposed argument sketch. Here is a revised version:
   A: It's not a snap bug, actaully.
       It's been confirmed and verified that only the following name
pattern is allowed
   in snap world.
       /dev/shm/sem.snap.@{SNAP_NAME}.*

>
> 1. Snap does not allow arbitrary names in /dev/shm/.
> 2. Snap allows names matching /dev/shm/<SpecialPatternHere>.*
> 3. I need to make Squid names for /dev/shm/ files configurable
>    so that they can be forced to match the snap-allowed pattern.
>
> Alex.
> P.S. If there is something you can do to your email application to fix
> quoting in the plain text version of the messages it sends, please do so.



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