From: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Hubertus Franke <frankeh@watson.ibm.com>,
Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>,
Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>,
Serge E Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Subject: RFC [patch 26/34] PID Virtualization Documentation
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:33:24 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060117143328.520447000@sergelap> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20060117143258.150807000@sergelap
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First (incomplete) attempt of documentation
Signed-off-by: Hubertus Franke <frankeh@watson.ibm.com>
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+This document describes the basics of the container
+
+Hubertus Franke <frankeh@watson.ibm.com>
+Serge E Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
+Cedric Legoater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
+
+Applications and associated processes can be containerized into
+"isolated" soft partitions. The goal is to make containers
+transparently migratable. To do so certain resources identifiers
+need to be virtualized.
+These includes
+ - pids, gids,
+ - SysV ids
+ - procfs
+Only resource belonging to a container can be accessed within
+the container.
+
+A "container" is created through a helper program <contexe>,
+that is supplied separately.
+A process moves itself to a container by writing
+the name of the container to create to /proc/container.
+Doing so makes the calling process the pseudo init process
+of the container.
+
+
+For example "contexe -j2 /bin/bash" spawns a bash within
+a new container <cont_2> and make the contexe process
+the containers virtual initproc.
+
+
+PID-VIRTUALIZATION:
+-------------------
+
+Let Process <A> be the currently running process ( e.g. bash with pid 913 )
+Each container has an associated pidspace id associated. Each pidspace
+id is managed like the standard pid range in linux.
+
+We obtain the following tree, where <pidspace | vpid > denotes the
+internal pid which is obtained by bitmasking.
+
+A some older bash < 0 | 913 >
+ |
+ \/
+B == contexe == < 0 | 1087 > ( also container->init_proc := A
+ container->init_pid := 1087
+ |
+ \/
+C == /bin/bash == < 1 | 2 >
+
+
+let's define the results here we are expecting.
+
+C in context of B: vpid = 2
+B in context of C: vpid = 1
+
+B in context of A: vpid = pid = 1087
+C in context of A: vpid = pid = < 1 | 2 >
+
+A in context of B: vpid = pid = 913
+A in context of C: vpid = -1
+
+< More to Follow >
+
+
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-17 14:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 136+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-17 14:32 RFC [patch 00/34] PID Virtualization Overview Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:32 ` RFC [patch 01/34] PID Virtualization Change pid accesses: drivers Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 02/34] PID Virtualization Change pid accesses: most archs Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 03/34] PID Virtualization Change pid accesses: filesystems Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 04/34] PID Virtualization Change pid accesses: include/ Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 05/34] PID Virtualization Change pid accesses: ipc Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 06/34] PID Virtualization Change pid accesses: kernel/ Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 07/34] PID Virtualization Change pid accesses: lib/ Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 08/34] PID Virtualization Change pid accesses: mm/ Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 09/34] PID Virtualization Change pid accesses: net/ Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 10/34] PID Virtualization Change pid accesses: security/ Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 11/34] PID Virtualization Change pid accesses: sound/ Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 12/34] PID Virtualization Change pid accesses: ia64 and mips Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 13/34] PID Virtualization Define new task_pid api Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 15:32 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-01-17 15:56 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2006-01-17 16:02 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-01-17 16:03 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-17 17:16 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-01-17 17:25 ` Dave Hansen
2006-01-18 4:54 ` Greg KH
2006-01-18 4:55 ` Greg KH
2006-01-18 16:23 ` Dave Hansen
2006-01-20 17:00 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-20 20:18 ` Hubertus Franke
2006-01-21 10:25 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-23 18:38 ` Hubertus Franke
2006-01-23 18:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-21 14:42 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-22 6:43 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-01-22 15:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-22 15:55 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-01-22 16:24 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-26 20:01 ` Herbert Poetzl
2006-01-27 9:04 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-27 12:27 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-01-27 13:15 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-23 18:50 ` Hubertus Franke
2006-01-23 19:28 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-23 21:11 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-23 21:30 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-23 22:15 ` Hubertus Franke
2006-01-24 6:56 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-01-24 19:34 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-24 21:09 ` Hubertus Franke
2006-01-24 0:22 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-24 19:26 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-24 21:11 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-24 21:15 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-01-25 9:58 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-25 15:10 ` Trond Myklebust
2006-01-25 18:01 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-25 19:30 ` Trond Myklebust
2006-01-25 21:59 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-25 9:13 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-25 9:51 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-26 20:23 ` Herbert Poetzl
2006-01-27 8:28 ` Eric W. Biederman
[not found] ` <m1k6cqlmfe.fsf_-_@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com>
2006-01-23 21:57 ` RFC: [PATCH] pids as weak references Dave Hansen
2006-01-31 21:02 ` RFC [patch 13/34] PID Virtualization Define new task_pid api Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 0:01 ` Hubertus Franke
2006-02-01 4:18 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-02-01 4:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 7:14 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-02-01 16:41 ` Dave Hansen
2006-02-02 5:14 ` Herbert Poetzl
2006-02-01 16:29 ` Greg
2006-02-01 16:44 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-02-02 13:50 ` Greg
2006-02-02 14:09 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-02-02 14:48 ` Kirill Korotaev
2006-02-02 15:13 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-02-02 15:26 ` Kirill Korotaev
2006-02-02 15:51 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-02-02 16:05 ` Kirill Korotaev
2006-02-02 16:27 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-02-02 21:32 ` Cedric Le Goater
2006-02-02 21:43 ` Hubertus Franke
2006-02-02 21:46 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-02-03 10:07 ` Kirill Korotaev
2006-02-03 10:52 ` Kirill Korotaev
2006-02-03 11:09 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-02-03 15:45 ` Dave Hansen
2006-02-03 16:35 ` Kirill Korotaev
2006-02-02 21:10 ` Cedric Le Goater
2006-02-02 21:24 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-02-06 20:15 ` Pavel Machek
2006-02-06 20:34 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-02-06 20:36 ` Kirill Korotaev
2006-02-06 20:40 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-02-02 14:49 ` Kirill Korotaev
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 14/34] PID Virtualization const parameter for process group Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 15/34] PID Virtualization task virtual pid access functions Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 16/34] PID Virtualization return virtual pids where required Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 17/34] PID Virtualization return virtual process group ids Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 18/34] PID Virtualization code enhancements for virtual pids in /proc Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 19/34] PID Virtualization Define pid_to_vpid functions Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 20/34] PID Virtualization Use pid_to_vpid conversion functions Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 21/34] PID Virtualization file owner pid virtualization Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 22/34] PID Virtualization define vpid_to_pid functions Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 23/34] PID Virtualization Use " Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 24/34] PID Virtualization use vpgid_to_pgid function Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 25/34] PID Virtualization Context for pid_to_vpid conversition functions Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` Serge Hallyn [this message]
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 27/34] PID Virtualization pidspace Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 28/34] PID Virtualization container object and functions Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 29/34] PID Virtualization container attach/detach calls Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 30/34] PID Virtualization /proc/container filesystem Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 31/34] PID Virtualization Implementation of low level virtualization functions Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 32/34] PID Virtualization Handle special case vpid return cases Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 33/34] PID Virtualization per container /proc filesystem Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 14:33 ` RFC [patch 34/34] PID Virtualization pidspace parent : signal behavior Serge Hallyn
2006-01-17 16:19 ` RFC [patch 00/34] PID Virtualization Overview Suleiman Souhlal
2006-01-17 17:08 ` Dave Hansen
2006-01-17 18:09 ` Suleiman Souhlal
2006-01-17 18:12 ` Dave Hansen
2006-01-17 18:29 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-18 19:01 ` Dave Hansen
2006-01-18 19:28 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-01-18 19:38 ` Dave Hansen
2006-01-18 19:50 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-01-18 22:54 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-19 7:15 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-01-20 5:11 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-20 20:23 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2006-01-20 20:33 ` Hubertus Franke
2006-01-21 10:34 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-20 19:53 ` RFC: Multiple instances of kernel namespaces Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-20 20:13 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2006-01-20 20:22 ` Hubertus Franke
[not found] ` <20060120203555.GC13265@sergelap.austin.ibm.com>
2006-01-20 21:47 ` Hubertus Franke
2006-01-21 10:04 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-26 19:47 ` Herbert Poetzl
2006-01-26 20:13 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-26 20:27 ` Herbert Poetzl
2006-01-21 10:31 ` RFC [patch 00/34] PID Virtualization Overview Pavel Machek
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