linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][v7][PATCH 3/9] Make pid_max a pid

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Message-ID: <4ABBB049.7080707@librato.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:45:45 -0400
From:	Oren Laadan <orenl@...rato.com>
To:	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de,
	Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...tin.ibm.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...e.hu, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][v7][PATCH 3/9] Make pid_max a pid_ns property



Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> 
> From: Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>
> Subject: [RFC][v7][PATCH 3/9] Make pid_max a pid_ns property
> 
> Remove the pid_max global, and make it a property of the
> pid_namespace.  When a pid_ns is created, it inherits
> the parent's pid_ns.
> 
> Fixing up sysctl (trivial akin to ipc version, but
> potentially tedious to get right for all CONFIG*
> combinations) is left for later.
> 
> Changelog[v2]:
> 	- Port to newer kernel
> 	- Make pid_max a local variable in alloc_pidmap() to simplify code/patch
> 
> Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Oren Laadan <orenl@...columbia.edu>


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