From: mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com (Mulyadi Santosa)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Distributed Computing
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:39:06 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=7UCjMWJcDPmM7Kg1M8O8QsPwtZA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTin-ucmi-13OdpAViS2RLYKivtgp7Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 02:04, Rigved Rakshit <r.phate@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. Process A has just been scheduled to execute for the first time on
> machine A.
> 2. I send a suspend signal to Process A, mostly a SIGSTOP.
> 3. Then I copy Process A's PCB to machine B.
> 4. On machine B, I send the continue signal to Process A, mostly a SIGCONT.
> 5. Whenever Process A needs user input or needs to output something, I cause
> a trap, mostly with a SIGTRAP (or I could use SIGSTOP here again). I
> transfer this I/O request to machine A and let the user interact. I send the
> interaction back to Process A on machine B. I resume Process A on machine B.
> 6. I continue these steps till Process A has completed execution.
Sounds like just what MOSIX, OpenSSI or Kerrighed already do....
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Mulyadi Santosa
Freelance Linux trainer and consultant
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2011-04-16 19:04 Distributed Computing Rigved Rakshit
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2011-04-18 21:12 Rigved Rakshit
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