Post Syndicated from corbet original https://lwn.net/Articles/1102593/

The foundation of the design for containers in the kernel is that there
isn’t one; there is no container abstraction that the kernel recognizes.
Instead, the kernel provides a long list of components — namespaces,
control groups, sandboxing mechanisms, and more — along with a note that
says, in effect, “some assembly required”. There have been attempts (repeatedly) over the years to turn containers
into first-class objects with kernel support, but they have never gotten
far. Now Josef Bacik is making a
try with a concept that he calls “cells”.