[Devel] OLS paper topics

[Dhaval Giani]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 02:28:13PM +0530, Balbir Singh wrote:
> Kir Kolyshkin wrote:
> > Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> >> Quoting Kir Kolyshkin (kir at openvz.org):
> >>  
> >>> Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> >>>    
> >>>> mini-summit:
> >>>>     I will submit for a 1-day mini-summit.  Some interesting
> >>>>     remaining topics for the mini-summit would include device
> >>>>     namespaces, ttys and syslog, and lots of checkpoint/restart.
> >>>>         
> >>> That's right, obviously the title of the mini-summit would be something
> >>> like "Linux Kernel Containers".
> >>>     
> >>
> >> Attached is what I currently had for a proposal to send to the OLS
> >> committee.  (Please feel free to edit and add to the wiki)
> >>   
> > 
> > Some people have made a few minor changes in the version at wiki. I
> > guess no more major changes will be done. Here it is:
> > 
> > == Topic ==
> > 
> > Namespaces, containers, cgroups, and container checkpoint/restart.
> > 
> > == Description ==
> > 
> > Development for namespaces and cgroups is well underway in the
> > mainline kernel. To keep momentum going and keep the loosely
> > knit teams of developers well-coordinated, a physical meeting in
> > which to discuss future development plans is needed.
> > Additionally, we are at a point where crucial decisions about
> > the nature of a "container object" and about the checkpoint/restart
> > design need to be made.
> > 
> > A final set of topics will be decided upon through mailing lists
> > ahead of time, but potential topics include:
> > * Handling filesystem/namespace synchronization
> > * Handling of /proc and /sysfs within containers
> > * Additional needed namespaces (i.e. device namespace)
> > * Nature of a 'container' — kernel object or userspace fiction
> > * Additional cgroups and their design
> > * How to initiate and synchronize checkpoint/restart
> > * How to enter a 'container' ?
> > 
> 
> Resource Management for containers?
> 
> > == Moderators ==
> > {{Out|These are just suggestions, please edit here or let us know if you
> > do or do not want to moderate.}}
> > 
> > * Namespaces/containers: Serge Hallyn, Cedric Le Goater
> > * cgroups: Paul Menage
> > * Checkpoint/restart: Dave Hansen, Cedric Le Goater
> > 
> 
> Resource Management? - I don't mind moderating that if it happens to be
> included in the summit or can we merge it with cgroups?
> 

I don't mind helping out here. Could you add me to the list as well?

Thanks,
-- 
regards,
Dhaval