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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 1/6] prepare sysctls for containers
FromDave Hansen <>
DateMon, 06 Mar 2006 18:04:11 -0800
On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 17:01 -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> Interesting idea.  One piece that's missing is strategy for controlling
> creation the new context (assuming the data_access() will always evaluate
> into a context sensitive piece of data).  Otherwise a user can get out
> of the limits imposed by sysadmin (since they may have placed themselves
> in a context which differs from admin).

Yup, that is missing for now.  We couldn't agree on quite which
implementation we want for basic containers/vservers/vpses.  So, for
now, making it useful is left as an exercise to the reader. :)

BTW, the current code _is_ potentially context sensitive because
"current" provides much of the context that we will ever need.

-- Dave

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