Re: 2.6.18 -mm merge plans

Serge E. Hallyn
2006-06-05T14:44:07Z

Quoting Andrew Morton (akpm@osdl.org):
> proc-sysctl-add-_proc_do_string-helper.patch
> namespaces-add-nsproxy.patch
> namespaces-add-nsproxy-dont-include-compileh.patch
> namespaces-incorporate-fs-namespace-into-nsproxy.patch
> namespaces-utsname-introduce-temporary-helpers.patch
> namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces.patch
> namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces-alpha-fix.patch
> namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces-cleanup.patch
> namespaces-utsname-use-init_utsname-when-appropriate.patch
> namespaces-utsname-use-init_utsname-when-appropriate-cifs-update.patch
> namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces.patch
> namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces-export.patch
> namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces-dont-include-compileh.patch
> namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack.patch
> namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack-cleanup.patch
> namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack-cleanup-2.patch
> namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack-cleanup-2-fix.patch
> namespaces-utsname-remove-system_utsname.patch
> namespaces-utsname-implement-clone_newuts-flag.patch
> uts-copy-nsproxy-only-when-needed.patch
> # needed if git-klibc isn't there:
> #namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces-klibc-bit.patch
> #namespaces-utsname-use-init_utsname-when-appropriate-klibc-bit.patch
> #namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces-klibc-bit-2.patch
>
> utsname virtualisation. This doesn't seem very pointful as a standalone
> thing. That's a general problem with infrastructural work for a very
> large new feature.
>
> So probably I'll continue to babysit these patches, unless someone can
> identify a decent reason why mainline needs this work.
>
> I don't want to carry an ever-growing stream of OS-virtualisation
> groundwork patches for ever and ever so if we're going to do this thing...
> faster, please.

Eric, Kirill, Dave, Hubertus,

In the spirit of 'faster, please', does someone care to port and
resubmit a pidspace patch?

I'll do it if noone else wants to, just don't want to step on anyone's
toes if you were already working on it.

thanks,
-serge