On 3/7/07, Sam Vilain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, they share this characteristic with namespaces: that they group > processes. So, they conceptually hang off task_struct. But we put them > on ns_proxy because we've got this vague notion that things might be > better that way.
Remember that I'm not the one pushing to move them into ns_proxy. These patches are all Srivatsa's work. Despite that fact that they say "Signed-off-by: Paul Menage", I'd never seen them before they were posted to LKML, and I'm not sure that they're the right approach. (Although some form of unification might be good). > > >> about this you still insist on calling this sub-system specific stuff > >> the "container", > >> > > Uh, no. I'm trying to call a *grouping* of processes a container. > > > > Ok, so is this going to supplant the namespaces too? I don't know. It would be nice to have a single object hanging off the task struct that contains all the various grouping pointers. Having something that was flexible enough to handle all the required behaviours, or else allowing completely different behaviours for different subsets of that structure, could be the fiddly bit. See my expanded reply to Eric' earlier post for a possible way of unifying them, and simplifying the nsproxy and container.c code in the process. > > - resource groups (I get a strange feeling of déjà vú there) Resource groups isn't a terrible name for them (although I'd be wondering whether the BeanCounters folks would object :-) ) but the intention is that they're more generic than purely for resource accounting. (E.g. see my other email where I suggested that things like task->mempolicy and task->user could potentially be treated in the same way) Task Group is a good name, except for the fact that it's too easily confused with process group. > > And do we bother changing IPC namespaces or let that one slide? > I think that "namespace" is a fine term for the IPC id virtualization/restriction that ipc_ns provides. (Unless I'm totally misunderstanding the concept). Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ ckrm-tech mailing list https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ckrm-tech
