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From: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Andrey Mirkin <major@openvz.org>
Cc: devel@openvz.org, containers@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Devel] Re: [PATCH 0/9] OpenVZ kernel based checkpointing/restart
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:55:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1220568926.23386.70.camel@nimitz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200809031759.29132.major@openvz.org>

On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 17:59 +0400, Andrey Mirkin wrote:
> > The first issues I see with this direction are some EXPORT_SYMBOL() that
> > would be useless without a module.
> 
> Checkpoint/restart functionality is implemented as a kernel module to provide 
> more flexibility during development process - you can easily unload module, 
> fix what you need and load module again, you do not need to reboot you server 
> in this case. We have discussed this question during Container's mini summit 
> on OLS-2008 and we have found out that it will be convenient to have such an 
> ability.

It would probably be best to separate out the bits that are needed to
make this feature build as a module.  Since, as you say, this is only
useful during development, we'll have to rip these bits out eventually
to get it merged.  Might as well do that from the start.  

-- Dave


  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-04 22:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 138+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-03 10:57 [PATCH 0/9] OpenVZ kernel based checkpointing/restart Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 10:57 ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 10:57 ` [PATCH 1/9] Introduce trivial sys_checkpoint and sys_restore system calls Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 10:57   ` [PATCH 2/9] Make checkpoint/restart functionality modular Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 10:57     ` [PATCH 3/9] Introduce context structure needed during checkpointing/restart Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 10:57       ` [PATCH 4/9] Introduce container dump function Andrey Mirkin
     [not found]         ` <1220439476-16465-5-git-send-email-major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 10:57           ` [PATCH 5/9] Introduce function to dump process Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 10:57             ` Andrey Mirkin
     [not found]             ` <1220439476-16465-6-git-send-email-major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 10:57               ` [PATCH 6/9] Introduce functions to dump mm Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 10:57                 ` Andrey Mirkin
     [not found]                 ` <1220439476-16465-7-git-send-email-major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 10:57                   ` [PATCH 7/9] Introduce function for restarting a container Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 10:57                     ` Andrey Mirkin
     [not found]                     ` <1220439476-16465-8-git-send-email-major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 10:57                       ` [PATCH 8/9] Introduce functions to restart a process Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 10:57                         ` Andrey Mirkin
     [not found]                         ` <1220439476-16465-9-git-send-email-major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 10:57                           ` [PATCH 9/9] Introduce functions to restore mm Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 10:57                             ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:32                           ` [PATCH 8/9] Introduce functions to restart a process Louis Rilling
2008-09-03 14:32                         ` Louis Rilling
     [not found]                           ` <20080903143248.GU14473-Hu8+6S1rdjywhHL9vcZdMVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-13 17:34                             ` Pavel Machek
2008-09-13 17:34                           ` Pavel Machek
2008-09-03 14:17                   ` [PATCH 6/9] Introduce functions to dump mm Louis Rilling
2008-09-03 14:17                 ` Louis Rilling
2008-09-03 14:23           ` [PATCH 4/9] Introduce container dump function Serge E. Hallyn
2008-09-03 14:23         ` Serge E. Hallyn
     [not found]           ` <20080903142308.GB13425-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 14:45             ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:45               ` Andrey Mirkin
     [not found]       ` <1220439476-16465-4-git-send-email-major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 10:57         ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 12:29         ` [PATCH 3/9] Introduce context structure needed during checkpointing/restart Matthieu Fertré
2008-09-03 12:29           ` Matthieu Fertré
     [not found]           ` <48BE8315.6030907-7Ky3UMAtGjA@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 14:11             ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:11               ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 13:56         ` Louis Rilling
2008-09-03 14:13         ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-09-03 13:56       ` Louis Rilling
     [not found]         ` <20080903135616.GR14473-Hu8+6S1rdjywhHL9vcZdMVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 14:07           ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:07             ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:13       ` Cedric Le Goater
     [not found]         ` <48BE9B74.7010600-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 14:29           ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:29             ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:27     ` [PATCH 2/9] Make checkpoint/restart functionality modular Serge E. Hallyn
     [not found]       ` <20080903142720.GC13425-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 14:51         ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:51           ` Andrey Mirkin
     [not found]     ` <1220439476-16465-3-git-send-email-major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 10:57       ` [PATCH 3/9] Introduce context structure needed during checkpointing/restart Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:27       ` [PATCH 2/9] Make checkpoint/restart functionality modular Serge E. Hallyn
     [not found]   ` <1220439476-16465-2-git-send-email-major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 10:57     ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 11:44     ` [PATCH 1/9] Introduce trivial sys_checkpoint and sys_restore system calls Cedric Le Goater
2008-09-03 11:44   ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-09-03 13:05     ` [Devel] " Andrey Mirkin
     [not found]     ` <48BE7885.3070609-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 13:05       ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 12:28 ` [PATCH 0/9] OpenVZ kernel based checkpointing/restart Cedric Le Goater
     [not found]   ` <48BE82F9.4020808-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 13:59     ` [Devel] " Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:18     ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-09-03 13:59   ` [Devel] " Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-04 22:55     ` Dave Hansen [this message]
     [not found]     ` <200809031759.29132.major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-04 22:55       ` Dave Hansen
2008-09-03 14:18   ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-09-03 13:49 ` Louis Rilling
     [not found]   ` <20080903134951.GQ14473-Hu8+6S1rdjywhHL9vcZdMVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 14:06     ` Louis Rilling
2008-09-03 14:06   ` Louis Rilling
2008-09-03 14:19     ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:26     ` Cedric Le Goater
     [not found]       ` <48BE9E95.3020706-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 14:53         ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:53           ` Andrey Mirkin
     [not found]     ` <20080903140636.GS14473-Hu8+6S1rdjywhHL9vcZdMVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 14:19       ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 14:26       ` Cedric Le Goater
     [not found] ` <1220439476-16465-1-git-send-email-major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-03 10:57   ` [PATCH 1/9] Introduce trivial sys_checkpoint and sys_restore system calls Andrey Mirkin
2008-09-03 12:28   ` [PATCH 0/9] OpenVZ kernel based checkpointing/restart Cedric Le Goater
2008-09-03 13:49   ` Louis Rilling
2008-09-04  8:14   ` Oren Laadan
2008-09-04 14:05   ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-17 23:33   ` Dave Hansen
2008-09-04  8:14 ` Oren Laadan
2008-09-04 14:05 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-17 23:33 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-20 11:10   ` Louis Rilling
2008-10-20 13:25     ` Daniel Lezcano
     [not found]       ` <48FC86B2.8000606-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-20 13:48         ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-20 13:48           ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-20 13:49           ` Daniel Lezcano
     [not found]           ` <48FC8C30.6040409-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-20 13:49             ` Daniel Lezcano
2008-10-20 15:53         ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-20 15:53           ` Oren Laadan
     [not found]           ` <48FCA97C.1040108-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-20 16:37             ` Daniel Lezcano
2008-10-20 16:37               ` Daniel Lezcano
     [not found]               ` <48FCB3CC.9030804-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-20 17:23                 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-10-20 17:23                   ` Serge E. Hallyn
     [not found]                   ` <20081020172358.GA29092-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-21  0:18                     ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-21  0:18                   ` Oren Laadan
     [not found]                     ` <48FD1FBC.5050408-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-21  0:58                       ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-10-21 13:24                       ` Daniel Lezcano
2008-10-21  0:58                     ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-10-21 13:24                     ` Daniel Lezcano
2008-10-27 14:45                 ` [Devel] " Andrey Mirkin
2008-10-27 14:45               ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-10-20 16:51             ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-10-21  9:36             ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-20 16:51           ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-10-21  9:36           ` Cedric Le Goater
     [not found]     ` <20081020111002.GQ15171-Hu8+6S1rdjywhHL9vcZdMVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-20 13:25       ` Daniel Lezcano
2008-10-20 16:36       ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-20 16:36     ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-20 11:10   ` Louis Rilling
2008-10-20 12:14   ` [Devel] " Andrey Mirkin
2008-10-20 15:55     ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-27 14:07       ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-10-27 14:39         ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-30  6:02           ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-10-30 11:47             ` Louis Rilling
2008-10-30 17:08               ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-30 18:01                 ` Louis Rilling
2008-10-30 18:01                 ` Louis Rilling
2008-10-30 18:28                   ` Oren Laadan
     [not found]                   ` <20081030180133.GN15171-Hu8+6S1rdjywhHL9vcZdMVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-30 18:28                     ` Oren Laadan
     [not found]               ` <20081030114747.GL15171-Hu8+6S1rdjywhHL9vcZdMVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-30 17:08                 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-30 17:45                 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-30 17:45               ` Oren Laadan
     [not found]                 ` <4909F2B5.7040907-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-30 18:14                   ` Louis Rilling
2008-10-30 18:14                     ` Louis Rilling
2008-10-30 18:32                     ` Oren Laadan
     [not found]                       ` <4909FDD3.5090806-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-31 10:37                         ` Louis Rilling
2008-10-31 10:37                       ` Louis Rilling
     [not found]                     ` <20081030181418.GO15171-Hu8+6S1rdjywhHL9vcZdMVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-30 18:32                       ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-30 14:08             ` Serge E. Hallyn
     [not found]             ` <200810300902.47067.major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-30 11:47               ` Louis Rilling
2008-10-30 14:08               ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-10-30 17:03               ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-30 17:03                 ` Dave Hansen
     [not found]           ` <4905D2AD.1070309-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-30  6:02             ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-11-03 19:35         ` Oren Laadan
     [not found]         ` <200810271707.13580.major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-27 14:39           ` Oren Laadan
2008-11-03 19:35           ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-27 14:07       ` Andrey Mirkin
     [not found]     ` <200810201614.36911.major-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-20 15:55       ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-20 17:17       ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-20 17:17     ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-27 14:38       ` Andrey Mirkin
     [not found]       ` <48FCBD24.7070902-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-27 14:38         ` Andrey Mirkin
2008-10-20 12:14   ` Andrey Mirkin

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