kernel namespaces

kernel namespaces

quoted from mauerer, page 50.

1.the implementation of namespaces requires 2 components:

i) per-subsystem namespace structures that wrap all formerly global components on a per-namespace basis,

ii) a mechanism that associates a given process with the individual namespaces to which it belongs.

2. Formally global properties of subsystems are wrapped up in namespaces, and each procss is associated with a particular selection of namespaces.

3. Each kernel subsystem that is aware of namespaces must provide a data structure that collects ALL objects that must be available on a per-namespace basis.