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

[Pavel Emelianov]

Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> 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

Ok.

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

Child can happen to die before this and we'll have an orphaned
container. I mean, it will be deletable, but its name will be unknown.

Maybe its better to get the containers id from the pid of new task?

> -serge
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