[Devel] Re: [PATCH 1/1] containers: implement nsproxy containers subsystem

[Serge E. Hallyn]

Quoting Pavel Emelianov (xemul at openvz.org):
> Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> >>From 190ea72d213393dd1440643b2b87b5b2128dff87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Serge E. Hallyn <serue at us.ibm.com>
> > Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:18:52 -0400
> > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] containers: implement nsproxy containers subsystem
> > 
> > When a task enters a new namespace via a clone() or unshare(), a new
> > container is created and the task moves into it.  This enables
> 
> I have a design question.
> 
> How the child that has a new namespace guesses what id
> this namespace has in containers?

parse /proc/$$/container

So more likely the parent would have to grab the cloned pid of the
child, parse /proc/$$/container, then rename the container.

-serge