Re: [RFC][PATCH 03/20] pid: Introduce a generic helper to test for init.

Dave Hansen <[email protected]> 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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References:
- [RFC][PATCH 0/20] Multiple instances of the process id namespace
  - From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
- [RFC][PATCH 01/20] pid: Intoduce the concept of a wid (wait id)
  - From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
- [RFC][PATCH 02/20] pspace: The parent process id of pid 1 is always 0.
  - From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
- [RFC][PATCH 03/20] pid: Introduce a generic helper to test for init.
  - From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
- Re: [RFC][PATCH 03/20] pid: Introduce a generic helper to test for init.
  - From: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>

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