linux-kernel - Re: For review: pid_namespaces(7) man page

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Date:	Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:24:40 +0400
From:	Vasily Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
To:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	linux-man <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: For review: pid_namespaces(7) man page

Hi Michael,

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:24 +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>    The namespace init process
>        The first process created in a new namespace (i.e., the process
>        created using clone(2) with the CLONE_NEWPID flag, or the first
>        child created by a process after a call to unshare(2) using the
>        CLONE_NEWPID flag) has the PID 1, and is the "init" process for
>        the namespace (see init(1)).  Children that are orphaned within
>        the namespace will be reparented to this  process  rather  than
>        init(1).

Probably it worth noting here that this is true unless
prctl() with PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER option is called.

Thanks,

-- 
Vasily Kulikov
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