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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 03/20] pid: Introduce a generic helper to test for init.
From(Eric W. Biederman)
DateMon, 06 Feb 2006 13:22:18 -0700
Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> writes:

> On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 12:29 -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> Introduce is_init to capture this case.  
>> 
>> With multiple pid spaces for all of the cases affected we are looking
>> for only the first process on the system, not some other process that
>> has pid == 1. 
>
> If we have cases where each container has its own init (like vserver,
> right?), will this naming get confusing?  Will we have pseudo-init tasks
> as well?

Agreed.  That is a potential issue.  I couldn't think of a better name.
Suggestions?

Eric
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