Re: [pcp] pcp updates: pmdaroot, pmdapapi

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Mark,

----- Original Message -----
> On 12/19/2014 05:17 PM, Nathan Scott wrote:
> > Changes committed to git://git.pcp.io/pcp.git dev
> >
> > Nathan Scott (6):
> >        pmda root: a privileged pmcd co-process
> >        pmdaroot/libpcp_pmda: interfaces for changing namespaces
> 
> Any thoughts on how pmdaroot might work for local contexts?
> (in particular pmlogger using a local context)? Or is that a
> complete non-starter?
> 

At this stage, it would only work if pmdaroot is run using those
existing facilities that allow PMDAs to run independently to pmcd
(talking to pmcd via inet socket - pmdaroot only makes sense when
run as root of course).

There's lots of other more fundamental work to do to get initial
users of this stuff going that its not a real priority yet - but,
I think it'll be doable if/when we need to.

cheers.

--
Nathan