Quoting Herbert Poetzl (herbert at 13thfloor.at):
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 10:36:33AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 08:35 -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> > >
> > > struct container {
> > > struct container *parent;
> > > char *name;
> > > struct nsproxy *nsproxy;
> > > struct list_head children;
> > > };
> > > struct nsproxy {
> > > ...
> > > struct container *container;
> > > };
> >
> > Why does a container need a pointer to an nsproxy? I think I missed
> > that. Is that the "default" set of namespaces for tasks in that
> > container?
>
> IMHO it is mainly required to _enter_ the container
> in some controlled way (at least that is what we
> use the nsproxy reference for)
Exactly, it is there to facilitate entering containers.
-serge
