[Vserver] [Release] Development 2.1.1

From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert_at_13thfloor.at>
Date: Mon 06 Nov 2006 - 01:30:10 GMT
Message-ID: <20061106013008.GA25432@MAIL.13thfloor.at>

Greetings Community!

It took quite some time, but I think it was
definitely worth the efford, and we proudly
present the latest and greatest devel release
of Linux-VServer ...

the following features have been added:
        
        - Per CPU Fair/Hard Scheduler
        - Per Context System Time
        - Dentry Accounting and Limits
        - Lock Accounting and Limits
        - Slab and Page Fault Accounting
        - Context Privacy (Admin)
        - Context Locking (reactivated)
        - Context Capability Masking
        - Full JFS Filesystem Support
        - Full OCFS2 Filesystem Support
        
the following features have been enhanced:

        - CoW Link Breaking (chmod/chown)
        - Fake Init and Proc Checks
        - Socket Accounting
        - Syscall Command Security
        - Context Helper
        - Persistent Contexts
        - Memory/Swap/Cache Info Virtualization
        - PID Virtualization for External Code
        
the following debug mechanisms have been added:

        - Scheduling Monitor
        - Runtime History Tracing
        - Barrier and Trace Checks/Info

further changes and improvements:

        - Improved UTS Virtualization for
          (alpha, m32r, mips, parisc, powerpc, sh, sparc, um)
        - Improved Trap Information (context) for
          (alpha, arm, x86, ia64, m32k, m68k, mips, parisc,
           powerpc, s390, sh, sparc, x86_64)
        - IRQ Context (Un)Tagging for
          (alpha, cris, frv, x86, m32r, mips, powerpc, sh, um,
           v850, x86_64, xtensa)
        - Removed devfs legacy
        - Obsoleted Memory Split (now in mainline)
        
        
the following config options have been added:

        - VSERVER_LEGACYNET
        - VSERVER_REMAP_SADDR
        - VSERVER_VTIME
        - VSERVER_IDLETIME
        - VSERVER_IDLELIMIT
        - VSERVER_PRIVACY
        - VSERVER_MONITOR

the following commands have been added to the
command switch API:

        - VCMD_ctx_migrate (v1)
        - VCMD_ctx_stat
        - VCMD_get/set_ccaps (v1)
        - VCMD_get/set_bcaps
        - VCMD_virt_stat
        - VCMD_dump_history
        - VCMD_read_history
        - VCMD_read_monitor
        - VCMD_set_sched (v4)
        - VCMD_get_vci
        - VCMD_rlimit_stat
        - VCMD_reset_minmax

the following flags/caps provide new functionality:
        
        - VXF_HIDE_VINFO
        - VXF_STATE_ADMIN
        - VXF_VIRT_TIME
        - VXM_SET_INIT
        - VXM_SET_REAPER
        - VXC_ADMIN_CLOOP
        - VXC_ADMIN_MAPPER
        
        
you can get patches and tools here:
http://www.13thfloor.at/vserver/d_rel26/v2.1.1/

enjoy,
Herbert

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