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authorBobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>2026-02-23 14:38:34 -0800
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>2026-02-26 11:10:03 +0100
commitb6302e057fdc8f199ddae736ecdf45029f892e5c (patch)
treed00d3bb96d13214ca2a927071ef16b3e8d135c95
parent102eab95f025b4d3f3a6c0a858400aca2af2fe52 (diff)
vsock: document write-once behavior of the child_ns_mode sysctl
Update the vsock child_ns_mode documentation to include the new write-once semantics of setting child_ns_mode. The semantics are implemented in a preceding patch in this series. Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com> Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260223-vsock-ns-write-once-v3-3-c0cde6959923@meta.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst3
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
index c10530624f1e..3b2ad61995d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
@@ -594,6 +594,9 @@ Values:
their sockets will only be able to connect within their own
namespace.
+The first write to ``child_ns_mode`` locks its value. Subsequent writes of the
+same value succeed, but writing a different value returns ``-EBUSY``.
+
Changing ``child_ns_mode`` only affects namespaces created after the change;
it does not modify the current namespace or any existing children.