diff --git a/src/lxc/Makefile.am b/src/lxc/Makefile.am
index c91057313..227e14477 100644
--- a/src/lxc/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/lxc/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ INCLUDES= -I$(top_srcdir)/src
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = liblxc.la
 pkginclude_HEADERS = \
+		monitor.h \
 		lxc.h \
 		lxc_cgroup.h \
 		lxc_conf.h \
diff --git a/src/lxc/destroy.c b/src/lxc/destroy.c
index 4823c06eb..83d7d6bde 100644
--- a/src/lxc/destroy.c
+++ b/src/lxc/destroy.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <sys/param.h>
 
 #include <lxc/lxc.h>
-#include "monitor.h"
 
 static int dir_filter(const struct dirent *dirent)
 {
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc.h b/src/lxc/lxc.h
index b83741347..4df9c4a09 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc.h
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <lxc/lxc_cgroup.h>
 #include <lxc/lxc_namespace.h>
 #include <lxc/lxc_utils.h>
+#include <lxc/monitor.h>
 
 #define LXCPATH "/var/lxc"
 #define MAXPIDLEN 20
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ extern int lxc_monitor_open(const char *name);
  * Returns 0 if the monitored container has exited, > 0 if
  * data was readen, < 0 otherwise
  */
-extern int lxc_monitor_read(int fd, lxc_state_t *state);
+extern int lxc_monitor_read(int fd, struct lxc_msg *msg);
 
 /*
  * Close the fd associated with the monitoring
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c b/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
index 9dfd34c50..85f48b905 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
@@ -104,17 +104,21 @@ int lxc_unlink_nsgroup(const char *name)
 int lxc_cgroup_set_priority(const char *name, int priority)
 {
 	int fd;
-	char *path = NULL, *prio = NULL;
+	char path[MAXPATHLEN], *prio = NULL;
 
-        asprintf(&path, LXCPATH "/%s/nsgroup/cpu.shares", name);
+        snprintf(path, MAXPATHLEN, 
+		 LXCPATH "/%s/nsgroup/cpu.shares", name);
 
 	fd = open(path, O_WRONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		lxc_log_syserror("failed to open '%s'", path);
-		goto out;
+		return -1;
 	}
 
-	asprintf(&prio, "%d", priority);
+	if (!asprintf(&prio, "%d", priority)) {
+		lxc_log_syserror("not enough memory");
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (write(fd, prio, strlen(prio) + 1) < 0) {
 		lxc_log_syserror("failed to write to '%s'", path);
@@ -122,9 +126,10 @@ int lxc_cgroup_set_priority(const char *name, int priority)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	lxc_monitor_send_priority(name, priority);
+
 	close(fd);
 out:
-	free(path);
 	free(prio);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.c b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.c
index f7c37d7c2..9ba58a8d9 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.c
@@ -404,13 +404,13 @@ static int configure_cgroup(const char *name, struct lxc_cgroup *cgroup)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int configure_chroot(const char *name, const char *chroot)
+static int configure_rootfs(const char *name, const char *rootfs)
 {
 	char path[MAXPATHLEN];
 
-	snprintf(path, MAXPATHLEN, LXCPATH "/%s/chroot", name);
+	snprintf(path, MAXPATHLEN, LXCPATH "/%s/rootfs", name);
 
-	return symlink(chroot, path);
+	return symlink(rootfs, path);
 
 }
 
@@ -524,12 +524,12 @@ static int unconfigure_cgroup(const char *name)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int unconfigure_chroot(const char *name)
+static int unconfigure_rootfs(const char *name)
 {
 	char path[MAXPATHLEN];
 
 	snprintf(path, MAXPATHLEN, LXCPATH "/%s", name);
-	delete_info(path, "chroot");
+	delete_info(path, "rootfs");
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -578,11 +578,11 @@ static int setup_utsname(const char *name)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int setup_chroot(const char *name)
+static int setup_rootfs(const char *name)
 {
 	char path[MAXPATHLEN], chrt[MAXPATHLEN];
 
-	snprintf(path, MAXPATHLEN, LXCPATH "/%s/chroot", name);
+	snprintf(path, MAXPATHLEN, LXCPATH "/%s/rootfs", name);
 
 	if (readlink(path, chrt, MAXPATHLEN) > 0) {
 
@@ -889,8 +889,8 @@ int lxc_configure(const char *name, struct lxc_conf *conf)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (conf->chroot && configure_chroot(name, conf->chroot)) {
-		lxc_log_error("failed to configure the chroot");
+	if (conf->rootfs && configure_rootfs(name, conf->rootfs)) {
+		lxc_log_error("failed to configure the rootfs");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -913,8 +913,8 @@ int lxc_unconfigure(const char *name)
 	if (unconfigure_cgroup(name))
 		lxc_log_error("failed to cleanup cgroup");
 
-	if (conf_has_chroot(name) && unconfigure_chroot(name))
-		lxc_log_error("failed to cleanup chroot");
+	if (conf_has_rootfs(name) && unconfigure_rootfs(name))
+		lxc_log_error("failed to cleanup rootfs");
 
 	if (conf_has_fstab(name) && unconfigure_mount(name))
 		lxc_log_error("failed to cleanup mount");
@@ -1225,8 +1225,8 @@ int lxc_setup(const char *name)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (conf_has_chroot(name) && setup_chroot(name)) {
-		lxc_log_error("failed to set chroot for '%s'", name);
+	if (conf_has_rootfs(name) && setup_rootfs(name)) {
+		lxc_log_error("failed to set rootfs for '%s'", name);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h
index a00a4a7b8..84feaf50b 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ struct lxc_cgroup {
 
 /*
  * Defines the global container configuration
- * @chroot  : the root directory to run the container
+ * @rootfs  : the root directory to run the container
  * @mount   : the list of mount points
  * @network : the network configuration
  * @utsname : the container utsname
  */
 struct lxc_conf {
-	char *chroot;
+	char *rootfs;
 	char *fstab;
 	struct utsname *utsname;
 	struct lxc_cgroup *cgroup;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ extern int lxc_setup(const char *name);
 extern int conf_has(const char *name, const char *info);
 
 #define conf_has_fstab(__name)   conf_has(__name, "fstab")
-#define conf_has_chroot(__name)  conf_has(__name, "chroot")
+#define conf_has_rootfs(__name)  conf_has(__name, "rootfs")
 #define conf_has_utsname(__name) conf_has(__name, "utsname")
 #define conf_has_network(__name) conf_has(__name, "network")
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_config.c b/src/lxc/lxc_config.c
index 8a71b5590..00851912b 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_config.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_config.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ typedef int (*file_cb)(char* buffer, void *data);
 typedef int (*config_cb)(char *value, struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf);
 
 static int config_mount(char *, struct lxc_conf *);
-static int config_chroot(char *, struct lxc_conf *);
+static int config_rootfs(char *, struct lxc_conf *);
 static int config_utsname(char *, struct lxc_conf *);
 static int config_network_type(char *, struct lxc_conf *);
 static int config_network_flags(char *, struct lxc_conf *);
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ struct config {
 	config_cb cb;
 };
 
-enum { MOUNT, CHROOT, UTSNAME, NETTYPE, NETFLAGS, NETLINK, 
+enum { MOUNT, ROOTFS, UTSNAME, NETTYPE, NETFLAGS, NETLINK, 
        NETNAME, NETHWADDR, NETIPV4, NETIPV6 };
 
 struct config config[] = {
 	{ "lxc.mount",             MOUNT,     config_mount           },
-	{ "lxc.chroot",            CHROOT,    config_chroot          },
+	{ "lxc.rootfs",            ROOTFS,    config_rootfs          },
 	{ "lxc.utsname",           UTSNAME,   config_utsname         },
 	{ "lxc.network.type",      NETTYPE,   config_network_type    },
 	{ "lxc.network.flags",     NETFLAGS,  config_network_flags   },
@@ -434,15 +434,15 @@ static int config_mount(char *value, struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int config_chroot(char *value, struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
+static int config_rootfs(char *value, struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
 {
 	if (strlen(value) >= MAXPATHLEN) {
 		lxc_log_error("%s path is too long", value);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	lxc_conf->chroot = strdup(value);
-	if (!lxc_conf->chroot) {
+	lxc_conf->rootfs = strdup(value);
+	if (!lxc_conf->rootfs) {
 		lxc_log_syserror("failed to duplicate string %s", value);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ int lxc_config_read(const char *file, struct lxc_conf *conf)
 
 int lxc_config_init(struct lxc_conf *conf)
 {
-	conf->chroot = NULL;
+	conf->rootfs = NULL;
 	conf->fstab = NULL;
 	conf->utsname = NULL;
 	conf->cgroup = NULL;
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.c b/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.c
index 631579c16..85ad25f80 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.c
@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	char opt;
-	char *name = NULL;
-	int fds[2];
-	pid_t pid;
+	char opt, *name = NULL;
+	struct lxc_msg msg;
+	int fd;
 
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
@@ -52,46 +51,35 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!name)
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (pipe(fds)) {
-		perror("pipe");
-		return 1;
+	fd = lxc_monitor_open(name);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed to open monitor for '%s'\n", name);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
-	pid = fork();
-	if (pid < 0) {
-		perror("fork");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	if (!pid) {
-		close(fds[0]);
-		if (lxc_monitor(name, fds[1])) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "failed to monitor %s\n", name);
-			return 1;
-		}
-
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	close(fds[1]);
-
 	for (;;) {
-		int err, state;
-
-		err = read(fds[0], &state, sizeof(state));
-		if (err < 0) {
-			perror("read");
-			return 1;
+		if (lxc_monitor_read(fd, &msg) < 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, 
+				"failed to read monitor's message for '%s'\n", 
+				name);
+			return -1;
 		}
 
-		if (!err) {
-			printf("container has been destroyed\n");
-			return 0;
+		switch (msg.type) {
+		case lxc_msg_state:
+			printf("'%s' changed state to [%s]\n", 
+			       name, lxc_state2str(msg.value));
+			break;
+		case lxc_msg_priority:
+			printf("'%s' changed priority to [%d]\n", 
+			       name, msg.value);
+			break;
+		default:
+			printf("invalid msg format\n");
+			break;
 		}
-
-		printf("container has changed the state to %d - %s\n", 
-		       state, lxc_state2str(state));
 	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_state.c b/src/lxc/lxc_state.c
index 740c3f1e4..f4df4ebfe 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_state.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_state.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <sys/file.h>
 
 #include <lxc/lxc.h>
-#include "monitor.h"
 
 static char *strstate[] = {
 	"STOPPED", "STARTING", "RUNNING", "STOPPING",
diff --git a/src/lxc/monitor.c b/src/lxc/monitor.c
index afc5b182c..2cd4d3514 100644
--- a/src/lxc/monitor.c
+++ b/src/lxc/monitor.c
@@ -101,25 +101,42 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-void lxc_monitor_send_state(const char *name, lxc_state_t state)
+static void lxc_monitor_send(const char *name, struct lxc_msg *msg)
 {
 	int fd;
 	struct sockaddr_un addr;
 
 	fd = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
-	if (fd < 0)
+	if (fd < 0) {
 		lxc_log_syserror("failed to create notification socket");
+		return;
+	}
 
 	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
 	addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-	snprintf(addr.sun_path, UNIX_PATH_MAX, LXCPATH "/%s/notification", name);
+	snprintf(addr.sun_path, UNIX_PATH_MAX, 
+		 LXCPATH "/%s/notification", name);
 
-	sendto(fd, &state, sizeof(state), 0, 
+	sendto(fd, msg, sizeof(*msg), 0,
 	       (const struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr));
 
 	close(fd);
 }
 
+void lxc_monitor_send_priority(const char *name, int priority)
+{
+	struct lxc_msg msg = { .type = lxc_msg_priority,
+			       .value = priority };
+	lxc_monitor_send(name, &msg);
+}
+
+void lxc_monitor_send_state(const char *name, lxc_state_t state)
+{
+	struct lxc_msg msg = { .type = lxc_msg_state,
+			       .value = state };
+	lxc_monitor_send(name, &msg);
+}
+
 void lxc_monitor_cleanup(const char *name)
 {
 	char path[UNIX_PATH_MAX];
@@ -153,11 +170,11 @@ int lxc_monitor_open(const char *name)
 	return fd;
 }
 
-int lxc_monitor_read(int fd, lxc_state_t *state)
+int lxc_monitor_read(int fd, struct lxc_msg *msg)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = recv(fd, state, sizeof(*state), 0);
+	ret = recv(fd, msg, sizeof(*msg), 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		lxc_log_syserror("failed to received state");
 		return -1;
diff --git a/src/lxc/monitor.h b/src/lxc/monitor.h
index a282986c1..304450e5a 100644
--- a/src/lxc/monitor.h
+++ b/src/lxc/monitor.h
@@ -23,7 +23,18 @@
 #ifndef __monitor_h
 #define __monitor_h
 
+typedef enum {
+	lxc_msg_state,
+	lxc_msg_priority,
+} lxc_msg_type_t;
+
+struct lxc_msg {
+	lxc_msg_type_t type;
+	int value;
+};
+
 void lxc_monitor_send_state(const char *name, lxc_state_t state);
+void lxc_monitor_send_priority(const char *name, int priority);
 void lxc_monitor_cleanup(const char *name);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/test/lxc_create.c b/test/lxc_create.c
index 6d156dd61..bac0bf99d 100644
--- a/test/lxc_create.c
+++ b/test/lxc_create.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	struct lxc_conf lxc_conf = {
 		.networks = lxc_init_list(&lxc_conf.networks),
-		.chroot = "/mnt/iso",
+		.rootfs = "/mnt/iso",
 	};
 
 	lxc_list_add(&phys.netdev, &ndlist);