[lxc-devel] lxc.device instead of lxc-device?

[Serge Hallyn]

It sounds fine, though I won't have time to work on it anytime
soon.  Either a patch or a request on  github.com/lxc/lxc/issues
so someone else who is interested can write the patch, would be
a step forward.

-serge

Quoting Harald Dunkel (harald.dunkel at aixigo.de):
> Hi folks,
> 
> would it be possible to have an option "lxc.device" in
> the config file, e.g.
> 
> 	lxc.autodev = 1
> 	lxc.device = /dev/vg00/lv01
> 	lxc.device = /dev/vg00/lv02
> 
> It should make the block devices available to the client,
> similar to the lxc-device script, but before init and the
> services have been started.
> 
> All descriptions and howtos I found on google on this
> topic seem to ignore that the lxc-device script might be
> run too late (container services are already up). The
> block device numbers given with lxc.cgroup.devices.allow
> might be invalid after the next hardware reboot, making
> the config file a risk for others.
> 
> I found lxc.hook.pre-start, of course. I could live with
> a hook as a painful makeshift, but If I got this right it
> appears to be run *before* the container's /dev directory
> is setup.
> 
> 
> Just a suggestion, of course. Every helpful feedback is
> welcome.
> 
> Regards
> Harri
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