Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/3] tracefs: add instances support for uprobe events

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Thu, 4 Aug 2016 01:46:04 +0530
Aravinda Prasad <aravinda@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 04 August 2016 01:40 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Thu, 4 Aug 2016 01:00:51 +0530
> > Aravinda Prasad <aravinda@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> >   
> >>  
> >>> Can a container have its own function tracing?    
> >>
> >> Sorry, I didn't understand that. Do you mean to have a separate
> >> per-container trace files?  
> > 
> > Actually, it's more my ignorance of containers, as I haven't had the
> > need to play with them. Although, I think it may be time to do so.
> > 
> > When a container enters kernel mode, I'm assuming that it's part of the
> > host at that moment, and the host needs to take care of separating
> > everything? That is, there's not a "second kernel" like VMs have, right?  
> 
> Yes. The host needs to take care of separating everything. There is no
> "second kernel".

That's what I figured. Thus, my worry is that something like the
function tracer can cause information leak to a container. How would
you separate functions for the container from functions for the host?

-- Steve