Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man5/proc.5 | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 7c5ca4e..7ff82c4 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -476,6 +476,50 @@ information via this field. .IP This file is only readable by the owner of the process. .TP +.IR /proc/[pid]/ns/ " (since Linux 3.0)" +This is a subdirectory containing one entry for each namespace that +supports being manipulated by +.BR setns(2). +.TP +.IR /proc/[pid]/ns/ipc " (since Linux 3.0)" +Bind mounting this file to somewhere else in the filesystem keeps +the ipc namespace of the process specified by +.I pid +alive even if all of the processes currently in that ipc namespace exit. + +Opening this file returnes a file handle for the ipc namespace +of the process specified by +.I pid, +that keeps the ipc namespace alive while the file is open and that can +be passed to +.BR setns(2). +.TP +.IR /proc/[pid]/ns/net " (since Linux 3.0)" +Bind mounting this file to somewhere else in the filesystem keeps +the network namespace of the process specified by +.I pid +alive even if all of the processes currently in that network namespace exit. + +Opening this file returnes a file handle for the network namespace +of the process specified by +.I pid, +that keeps the network namespace alive while the file is open and that can +be passed to +.BR setns(2). +.TP +.IR /proc/[pid]/ns/uts " (since Linux 3.0)" +Bind mounting this file to somewhere else in the filesystem keeps +the uts namespace of the process specified by +.I pid +alive even if all of the processes currently in that uts namespace exit. + +Opening this file returnes a file handle for the uts namespace +of the process specified by +.I pid, +that keeps the uts namespace alive while the file is open and that can +be passed to +.BR setns(2). +.TP .IR /proc/[pid]/numa_maps " (since Linux 2.6.14)" See .BR numa (7). -- 1.7.5.1.217.g4e3aa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
