Re: [PATCH 0/2] resource control file system - aka containers on top of nsproxy!

Sam Vilain
2007-03-08T00:53:14Z

Paul Menage wrote:
> But "namespace" has well-established historical semantics too - a way
> of changing the mappings of local names to global objects. This
> doesn't describe things liek resource controllers, cpusets, resource
> monitoring, etc.
>
> Trying to extend the well-known term namespace to refer to things that
> aren't namespaces isn't a useful approach, IMO.
>
> Paul
>

But "namespace" has well-established historical semantics too - a way
of changing the mappings of local * to global objects. This
accurately describes things liek resource controllers, cpusets, resource
monitoring, etc.

Trying to extend the well-known term namespace to refer to things that
are semantically equivalent namespaces is a useful approach, IMHO.

Sam.