Re: Review: Can we move init_restart_ctx() up ?

[Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>]

Oren Laadan [orenl-RdfvBDnrOixBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org] wrote:
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| Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
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| > Would it be easier/cleaner if we initialized the restart ctx soon after
| > allocating it ? Looks like we already have the information we need at that
| > point.
| > 
| > That way, do_restart() won't need the 'pid' parameter and we anyway use
| > the 'if(ctx)' check to test for the coordinator.
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| I put the {checkpoint,restart}-related work in {checkpoint,restart}.c,
| and leave sys.c "neutral".
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| I also like the symmetry between do_checkpoint() and do_restart() :p
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| > BTW, can we move the '->active_pid = -1' in init_restart_ctx() to
| > ckpt_ctx_alloc() itself ?
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| @active_pid is specific to restart, that's why I initialize it there.

Ok. Spreading out the initialization code over different functions is a bit
confusing.  Maybe we could call init_checkpoint_ctx() or init_restart_ctx()
from ckpt_ctx_alloc() (depending on the kflags parameter) - and keep the
symmetry/nuetrality, But not a big deal.

Thanks,

Sukadev