[libvirt] PATCH: Support container XML enhancements

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Tue Jul 29 16:56:38 UTC 2008


On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 05:15:02PM +0100, John Levon wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 04:54:09PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>
> > > I don't think any of the stated options would work for ZFS dataset
> > > delegation, though I suppose that could be added later if it happens.
> > 
> > What is ZFS dataset delegation ? 
> 
> It allows you to place an entire ZFS hierarchy under control of a zone,
> e.g. I can say that the ZFS dataset "export/foo" is accessible to the
> zone and it can freely create sub-filesystems, snapshot, etc. It could
> almost hijack one of the other types if it weren't for the absolute path
> thing.

So does 'export/foo' become the root filesystem (/) of the zone ? Or is
it sharing the same root filesystem, and more akin to granting permissions
over 'export/foo' ?  I'm not against to adding other types if it doesn't
fit the model of any others I've suggested.

Daniel
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