From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oren Laadan Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/4] checkpoint-restart: general infrastructure Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:44:46 -0400 Message-ID: <48A1072E.6010200@cs.columbia.edu> References: <20080807224033.FFB3A2C1@kernel> <20080807224034.735B1F84@kernel> <20080811120315.4b3ba2c8@bike.lwn.net> <1218479921.5598.35.camel@nimitz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1218479921.5598.35.camel@nimitz> 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: Dave Hansen Cc: containers-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, Theodore Tso , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Jonathan Corbet List-Id: containers.vger.kernel.org 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