On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 11:55:04AM -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > We are trying to create a roadmap for the next year of > 'container' development, to be reported to the upcoming kernel > summit. Containers here is a bit of an ambiguous term, so we are > taking it to mean all of: > > 1. namespaces > 2. process containers > 3. checkpoint/restart > > Naturally we can't actually predict what will and won't be worked on, > let alone what will be going upstream. But the following is a list > of features which it seems reasonable to think might be worked on > next year: > > 1. completion of ongoing namespaces > pid namespace > net namespace > ro bind mounts
> 2. continuation with new namespaces > devpts, console, and ttydrivers > user > time various accounting and limits including disk space and memory > namespace management tools > namespace entering well, that is currently covered by the Linux-VServer interfaces (and I assume by the OpenVZ API too), but I guess you are more interested in a mainline tool and interface > 3. any additional work needed for virtual servers? > i.e. in-kernel keyring usage for cross-usernamespace > permissions, etc nfs and rpc, as well as general security/auth frameworks have to be adjusted ... > 4. task containers functionality > base features > specific containers > poll to see who has plans > 5. checkpoint/restart > memory c/r > (there are a few designs and prototypes) > (though this may be ironed out by then) > per-container swapfile? > overall checkpoint strategy > in-kernel vs userspace-driven > overall restart strategy > > What more needs to be added to this list? > > A list of the people we are currently aware of who are showing interest > in these features follows. What I'd like to know is, from this list, do > some people know what general or specific areas they plan to or want to > work on over the next year? > > Stakeholders: > Eric Biederman > google > ibm > kerlabs > openvz > osdl (Masahiko Takahashi?) > vserver > > Who is missing from the list? Linux-VServer as usual :) best, Herbert > thanks, > -serge > _______________________________________________ > Containers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ ckrm-tech mailing list https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ckrm-tech
