Re: RFC [patch 13/34] PID Virtualization Define new task_pid api

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>]

> 
> In that case, I think we do require the current vpid_to_pid(translations)
> in order to transfer the external user pid ( relative to the namespace )
> into one that combines namespace (aka container_id) with the external pid.
> Exactly how it is done today.
> What will slightly change is the low level implementations of the
> 
> inline pid_t pid_to_vpid_ctx(pid_t pid, const struct task_struct *ctx);
> pid_t __pid_to_vpid_ctx_excp(pid_t pid, int pidspace_id,const struct task_struct *ctx);
> 
> and reverse.
> The VPID_2_PID and PID_2_VPID still remain at same locations.
> 
> Did I get your comments correctly, Eric ?..

please call it 'userpid' not 'vpid', to make more clear what the pid is
used for/what domain it is in.


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