In the previous chapter, we learned how to control visibility of Linux processes by using namespaces and learned how they are realized within the kernel. In this chapter, we touch upon another important aspect—resource control—which enables us to apply quotas to various kernel resources.
We learned about namespaces so we could restrict the visibility of resources for processes, which we did by putting the processes in separate namespaces. We also covered the data structures involved in the kernel, to get an understanding of how a namespace is realized within the Linux kernel.
Now ...