Quoting Sukadev Bhattiprolu ([email protected]):
> 
> From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:03:46 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH 14/14][user-cr] Minimize unshare() calls
> 
> We currently have a few unshare() calls at different points in the
> code. While these don't affect the restart application itself, the
> excess calls create additional levels in the cgroup hierarchy, which
> can surprise the administrator (or other users of the hierarchy
> such as LXC.
> 
> Rather than several unshare() calls, can we instead specify the
> appropriate clone_flags while creating the coordinator/root process
> of the application tree ? When this root process is created it can
> remount /proc, remount devpts, chroot() etc if necessary.
> 
> Note that for "new-container with init" and "subtree restart", the
> first process is also the root of the application process tree.
> 
> In the case of "new-container without init", the coordinator process
> which acts as the container-init can do the setup.
> 
> In case of self-restart, the main process itself can do the unshare.
> 
> This patch has been very gently tested :-) but wanted to get more feedback
> on the direction and see if there is an easier way.

No objection from me on the direction or the code.

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <[email protected]>

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