Difference between revisions of "Todo List"

Revision as of 20:42, 21 October 2011

Community

Wiki Work

• correct spelling, word order and punctuation on the wiki.
• add ideas related to Linux-VServer to the [Think Tank].
• try to keep a similar layout on newly created pages.

Testing

• test all release candidates
• test the current development version
• provide feedback (including positive)
• report kernels and [Working Configurations]

Developers

Kernel List

pending issues

• {020} http://paste.linux-vserver.org/534 (goblin)

vrsetup /dev/vroot0 /dev/loop0 && mount -t xfs /dev/vroot0 /mnt

missing stuff

• {010} CPU virtualization
• {015} limits for IPC stuff
• {010} fix the inode sizes inode->i_size = 64;
• {015} sendfile accounting

features & addons

• {005} replace hash locks by rw locks
• {010} add slab cache for vxi/nxi
• {010} fix the inode sizes inode->i_size = 64;
• {010} allow proc_dointvec_bset read without CAP_SYS_MODULE
• {020} lo isolation (2.1.2+)

possible improvements

• {015} look into atomic_inc_return() for resources

i.e. inc, then check, on over limit dec again ...

• {010} check out vm_stat_account()
• {020} ignore signals to fake init
• {015} in_interrupt() instead of IRQ untagging
• {010} mount type checks instead of magic

to check

• {020} check /proc/sys/fs/overflow{u,g}id and tagging
• {015} check dqhash and quota support on ext3
• {010} check __user annotation for vc_* commands
• {010} revalidate checks in syscall commands
• {015} nfs tagging and mount/interoperability
• {010} maybe move ptrace checks to do_ptrace()

requests

• {Hollow} rlimit_mask syscall for accounted values
• {Hollow} ctx_stat for nx
• {Hollow} move VXC_RAW_ICMP to NXC_RAW_ICMP

Userspace (Tools)

requests

• {Bertl} NXF_HIDE_NETIF support (default)
• {Bertl} Support for UTS/IPC/PID spaces in Mainline