[Devel] Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/5] uts namespaces: Implement utsname namespaces

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 01:36:00PM -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> This patch defines the uts namespace and some manipulators.
> Adds the uts namespace to task_struct, and initializes a
> system-wide init namespace which will continue to be used when
> it makes sense.
It also kills system_utsname so you left the kernel uncompileable.
Can you kill it later?

> diff --git a/include/linux/utsname.h b/include/linux/utsname.h
> index 13e1da0..cc28ac5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/utsname.h
> +++ b/include/linux/utsname.h
> @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
>  #ifndef _LINUX_UTSNAME_H
>  #define _LINUX_UTSNAME_H
You can kill this include
> +#include <linux/sched.h>

if you move this static inline to sched.h
 +
> +static inline struct new_utsname *utsname(void)
> +{
> +	return &current->uts_ns->name;
> +}
And since it operates on &current that may make sense.

	Sam