From: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
jeremy@goop.org, arnd@arndb.de,
containers@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Andrey Mirkin <major@openvz.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v6][PATCH 0/9] Kernel based checkpoint/restart
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:43:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1223916223.29877.14.camel@nimitz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48F30315.1070909@fr.ibm.com>
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 10:13 +0200, Cedric Le Goater wrote:
> hmm, that's rather complex, because we have to take into account the
> kernel stack, no ? This is what Andrey was trying to solve in his patchset
> back in September :
>
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/3/96
>
> the restart phase simulates a clone and switch_to to (not) restore the kernel
> stack. right ?
Do we ever have to worry about the kernel stack if we simply say that
tasks have to be *in* userspace when we checkpoint them. If a task is
in an uninterruptable wait state, I'm not sure it's safe to checkpoint
it anyway.
-- Dave
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From: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
jeremy@goop.org, arnd@arndb.de,
containers@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Andrey Mirkin <major@openvz.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v6][PATCH 0/9] Kernel based checkpoint/restart
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:43:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1223916223.29877.14.camel@nimitz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48F30315.1070909@fr.ibm.com>
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 10:13 +0200, Cedric Le Goater wrote:
> hmm, that's rather complex, because we have to take into account the
> kernel stack, no ? This is what Andrey was trying to solve in his patchset
> back in September :
>
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/3/96
>
> the restart phase simulates a clone and switch_to to (not) restore the kernel
> stack. right ?
Do we ever have to worry about the kernel stack if we simply say that
tasks have to be *in* userspace when we checkpoint them. If a task is
in an uninterruptable wait state, I'm not sure it's safe to checkpoint
it anyway.
-- Dave
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2008-10-08 10:19 [RFC v6][PATCH 0/9] Kernel based checkpoint/restart Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 1/9] Create syscalls: sys_checkpoint, sys_restart Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 2/9] General infrastructure for checkpoint restart Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 3/9] x86 support for checkpoint/restart Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-10 10:21 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-10 10:21 ` Cedric Le Goater
[not found] ` <48EF2CB3.9040900-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-10 10:24 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-10 10:24 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-10 10:24 ` Oren Laadan
[not found] ` <1223461197-11513-4-git-send-email-orenl-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-10 10:21 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 4/9] Dump memory address space Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 5/9] Restore " Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 15:35 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-08 15:35 ` Dave Hansen
[not found] ` <1223461197-11513-6-git-send-email-orenl-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-08 15:35 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 6/9] Checkpoint/restart: initial documentation Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 7/9] Infrastructure for shared objects Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 8/9] Dump open file descriptors Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` Oren Laadan
[not found] ` <1223461197-11513-1-git-send-email-orenl-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 1/9] Create syscalls: sys_checkpoint, sys_restart Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 2/9] General infrastructure for checkpoint restart Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 3/9] x86 support for checkpoint/restart Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 4/9] Dump memory address space Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 5/9] Restore " Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 6/9] Checkpoint/restart: initial documentation Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 7/9] Infrastructure for shared objects Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 8/9] Dump open file descriptors Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 9/9] Restore open file descriprtors Oren Laadan
2008-10-09 12:46 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 0/9] Kernel based checkpoint/restart Ingo Molnar
2008-10-08 10:19 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 9/9] Restore open file descriprtors Oren Laadan
2008-10-08 10:19 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-09 12:46 ` [RFC v6][PATCH 0/9] Kernel based checkpoint/restart Ingo Molnar
2008-10-09 12:46 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20081009124658.GE2952-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-09 12:58 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-09 12:58 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-09 12:58 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-09 13:17 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-10-09 13:17 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20081009131701.GA21112-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-09 13:34 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-09 21:59 ` Greg Kurz
2008-10-09 13:34 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-09 13:34 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-09 13:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-10-09 13:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-10-09 13:44 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20081009134415.GA12135-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-09 16:50 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-09 16:50 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-09 16:50 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-10 15:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-10-10 15:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-10-10 15:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-10-13 8:13 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-13 8:13 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-13 16:12 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-13 16:12 ` Oren Laadan
[not found] ` <48F3737B.6070904-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-15 15:13 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-15 15:13 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-15 15:13 ` Cedric Le Goater
[not found] ` <48F60891.1070807-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-15 23:59 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-15 23:59 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-15 23:59 ` Oren Laadan
[not found] ` <48F30315.1070909-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-13 16:12 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-13 16:43 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-13 16:43 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2008-10-13 16:43 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-15 15:15 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-15 15:15 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-15 15:15 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-16 0:06 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-16 0:06 ` Oren Laadan
[not found] ` <48F685A3.1060804-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-16 12:35 ` Daniel Lezcano
2008-10-16 12:35 ` Daniel Lezcano
2008-10-16 12:35 ` Daniel Lezcano
[not found] ` <48F7352F.3020700-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-16 13:49 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-16 13:49 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-16 13:49 ` Oren Laadan
[not found] ` <48F74674.20202-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-16 22:51 ` Peter Chubb
2008-10-16 22:51 ` Peter Chubb
2008-10-16 22:51 ` Peter Chubb
2008-10-17 6:30 ` David Newall
2008-10-17 6:30 ` David Newall
[not found] ` <48F83121.7070705-KzQzY1MbaKjAHznzqCTclw@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-20 17:17 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-20 17:17 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-20 17:17 ` Dave Hansen
2008-10-17 6:44 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-17 6:44 ` Cedric Le Goater
[not found] ` <87r66g8875.wl%peter-LkDQP0DxSMGxwJ88Py/mJxCuuivNXqWP@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-17 6:30 ` David Newall
2008-10-17 6:44 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-17 7:08 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-17 7:08 ` Oren Laadan
2008-10-17 7:08 ` Oren Laadan
[not found] ` <48F6092D.6050400-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-16 0:06 ` Oren Laadan
[not found] ` <20081010153951.GD28977-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-13 8:13 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-10-09 21:59 ` Greg Kurz
2008-10-09 21:59 ` Greg Kurz
2008-10-09 13:17 ` Ingo Molnar
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2008-10-08 10:19 Oren Laadan
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