Re: Expand VM

[Thomas Cataldo <tomc@compaqnet.fr>]

On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 20:40, User & wrote:
> Hi Valdis
> 
> Create a new VMA on Linux B for Linux A is easy , but i have a problem , the 
> address of VMA is returned on Linux B , so the VMA created on Linux B can not 
> be used for process of linux A.
> The problem is "how can i return address of VMA created on LINUX B to Linux 
> A , and use this space ?".
> 


What you're looking for is openmosix. It does process migration and so
on..

> Thanks
> Breno
> 
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:55:38 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks wrote
> > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:56:27 -0300, User & 
> > <breno_silva@beta.bandnet.com.br>  said:
> > 
> > > I have one idea , and this is about expand virtual memory on linux boxes 
> > > connected in LAN.
> > > Example: Linux A is processing come information , and need more memory , 
> so 
> > > with this source , Linux A could access virtual memory on Linux B in LAN.
> > 
> > We've seen *this* done before (remember diskless Sun3-50's?) - the /dev/swap
> > file would be a large file on an NFS mount from a server.  At the 
> > time, this actually made performance sense, because the old 
> > 'Shoebox' drives the -50 came with were incredibly slow, and you 
> > could actually do an NFS operation to a larger server (a -280 with 
> > Fujitsu SuperEagle disks, for instance) faster than talking to the 
> > local disk.
> > 
> > These days, it's probably easier and cheaper to just buy more RAM 
> > and/or disk for Linux A.
> > 
> > > But i don´t know how translate the virtual address between Linux A and 
> B , to 
> > > have success in acess VM, or how to send all the process for Linux B to 
> be 
> > > processed.
> > 
> > Sending the whole process to Linux B to be processed is called "process
> > migration", and is a difficult problem.  Moving the memory image of the
> > process is usually pretty easy.  What is difficult is moving things like
> > references to open files, file locks, and so on (what if the process 
> > is actively writing to block 739 of /usr/foo/some.file, and the 
> > LinuxB machine doesn't have a /usr/foo, or the permissions on 
> > some.file don't match, or another process has it locked, or... ) 
> > There be nasty dragons in this.
> > 
> > You're probably better off buying more RAM and disk for your A machine.
> > -- 
> > 				Valdis Kletnieks
> > 				Computer Systems Senior Engineer
> > 				Virginia Tech
> 
> 
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