linux/fs/proc
Eric W. Biederman 6b4e306aa3 ns: proc files for namespace naming policy.
Create files under /proc/<pid>/ns/ to allow controlling the
namespaces of a process.

This addresses three specific problems that can make namespaces hard to
work with.
- Namespaces require a dedicated process to pin them in memory.
- It is not possible to use a namespace unless you are the child
  of the original creator.
- Namespaces don't have names that userspace can use to talk about
  them.

The namespace files under /proc/<pid>/ns/ can be opened and the
file descriptor can be used to talk about a specific namespace, and
to keep the specified namespace alive.

A namespace can be kept alive by either holding the file descriptor
open or bind mounting the file someplace else.  aka:
mount --bind /proc/self/ns/net /some/filesystem/path
mount --bind /proc/self/fd/<N> /some/filesystem/path

This allows namespaces to be named with userspace policy.

It requires additional support to make use of these filedescriptors
and that will be comming in the following patches.

Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
2011-05-10 14:31:44 -07:00
..
array.c proc: protect mm start_code/end_code in /proc/pid/stat 2011-03-23 19:46:37 -07:00
base.c ns: proc files for namespace naming policy. 2011-05-10 14:31:44 -07:00
cmdline.c proc: switch /proc/cmdline to seq_file 2008-10-23 14:29:04 +04:00
consoles.c console: rename acquire/release_console_sem() to console_lock/unlock() 2011-01-26 10:50:06 +10:00
cpuinfo.c proc: move /proc/cpuinfo code to fs/proc/cpuinfo.c 2008-10-23 15:05:11 +04:00
devices.c proc: use seq_puts()/seq_putc() where possible 2011-01-13 08:03:16 -08:00
generic.c proc: make struct proc_dir_entry::namelen unsigned int 2011-03-23 19:46:37 -07:00
inode.c ns: proc files for namespace naming policy. 2011-05-10 14:31:44 -07:00
internal.h ns: proc files for namespace naming policy. 2011-05-10 14:31:44 -07:00
interrupts.c proc: move /proc/interrupts boilerplate code to fs/proc/interrupts.c 2008-10-23 15:15:46 +04:00
Kconfig kconfig: rename CONFIG_EMBEDDED to CONFIG_EXPERT 2011-01-20 17:02:05 -08:00
kcore.c /proc/kcore: fix seeking 2011-01-13 08:03:17 -08:00
kmsg.c procfs: Use generic_file_llseek in /proc/kmsg 2010-04-09 16:35:41 +02:00
loadavg.c sched, timers: cleanup avenrun users 2009-05-15 15:32:45 +02:00
Makefile ns: proc files for namespace naming policy. 2011-05-10 14:31:44 -07:00
meminfo.c thp: transparent hugepage vmstat 2011-01-13 17:32:43 -08:00
mmu.c fs/proc/mmu.c: headers butchery 2007-10-17 08:42:48 -07:00
namespaces.c ns: proc files for namespace naming policy. 2011-05-10 14:31:44 -07:00
nommu.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
page.c thp: remove PG_buddy 2011-01-13 17:32:43 -08:00
proc_devtree.c of/flattree: Drop an uninteresting message to pr_debug level 2011-03-02 13:45:18 -07:00
proc_net.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
proc_sysctl.c Merge branch 'next' into for-linus 2011-03-16 09:41:17 +11:00
proc_tty.c proc: use seq_puts()/seq_putc() where possible 2011-01-13 08:03:16 -08:00
root.c procfs: kill the global proc_mnt variable 2011-03-23 19:46:58 -07:00
softirqs.c proc: use seq_puts()/seq_putc() where possible 2011-01-13 08:03:16 -08:00
stat.c proc: use seq_puts()/seq_putc() where possible 2011-01-13 08:03:16 -08:00
task_mmu.c proc: fix oops on invalid /proc/<pid>/maps access 2011-03-27 19:09:29 -07:00
task_nommu.c report errors in /proc/*/*map* sanely 2011-03-23 16:36:50 -04:00
uptime.c [PATCH] Fix idle time field in /proc/uptime 2009-09-24 10:16:24 +02:00
version.c proc: switch /proc/version to seq_file 2008-10-23 14:19:58 +04:00
vmcore.c ARM: 6485/5: proc/vmcore - allow archs to override vmcore_elf_check_arch() 2010-11-30 13:39:55 +00:00