[Devel] Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/5] Virtualization/containers: startup

[Sam Vilain]

Kirill Korotaev wrote:
>>> I'd suggest
>>>
>>>     current->container    - the current EFFECTIVE container
>>>     current->master_container - the "long term" container.
>>>
>>> (replace "master" with some other non-S&M term if you want)
>> Hmm.  You actually need a linked list, otherwise you have replaced a one
>> level flat structure with a two level one, and you miss out on some of
>> the applications.  VServer uses a special structure for this.
> 
> Nope! :) This is pointer to current/effective container, which can be 
> anywhere in the hierarchy. list should be inside container struct.

So why store anything other than the effective container in the task?

Sam.