From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Hansen Subject: Re: [RFC v14-rc2][PATCH 5/7] Infrastructure for work postponed to the end of checkpoint/restart Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:17:19 -0700 Message-ID: <1238512639.8286.658.camel@nimitz> References: <1238477552-17083-1-git-send-email-orenl@cs.columbia.edu> <1238477552-17083-6-git-send-email-orenl@cs.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1238477552-17083-6-git-send-email-orenl-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: containers-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: containers-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org To: Oren Laadan Cc: containers-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org List-Id: containers.vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 01:32 -0400, Oren Laadan wrote: > > Add a interface to postpone an action until the end of the entire > checkpoint or restart operation. This is useful when during the > scan of tasks an operation cannot be performed in place, to avoid > the need for a second scan. Why aren't we using the existing kernel workqueue mechanism? -- Dave