[Libvir] A sample program to create a Linux Container

Dave Leskovec dlesko at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Jan 25 00:26:08 UTC 2008


Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 04:06:17PM -0800, Dave Leskovec wrote:
>   
>> Attached is a simple program that uses the clone() function to create a 
>> container.  This is not intended as a patch - just an example of what 
>> creating a Linux Container looks like.  Something along these lines will 
>> be used by the Linux Container driver to start the domain.  The code run 
>> within this container is really simple.  It just mounts the /proc file 
>> system and then dumps the ps output to a file showing that the container 
>> is in separate process space.
>>
>> To run this you will need to have PID namespaces support enabled.  Turn 
>> on CONFIG_PID_NS when compiling the kernel.  You must run the program as 
>> root or the clone() call will fail.
>>     
>
> What upstream kernel version is rquired for this ? Is it in 2.6.24 ?
>
> Regards,
> Dan.
>   
2.6.24-rc1

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Best Regards,
Dave Leskovec
IBM Linux Technology Center
Open Virtualization




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