From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [RFC v7][PATCH 0/9] Kernel based checkpoint/restart Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:20:24 +0200 Message-ID: <20081022092024.GC12453@elte.hu> References: <1224481237-4892-1-git-send-email-orenl@cs.columbia.edu> <20081021122135.4bce362c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <1224621667.1848.228.camel@nimitz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1224621667.1848.228.camel@nimitz> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Dave Hansen Cc: Andrew Morton , Oren Laadan , linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, containers-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, viro-RmSDqhL/yNMiFSDQTTA3OLVCufUGDwFn@public.gmane.org, hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org, torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org * Dave Hansen wrote: > On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 12:21 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:40:28 -0400 > > Oren Laadan wrote: > > > These patches implement basic checkpoint-restart [CR]. This version > > > (v7) supports basic tasks with simple private memory, and open files > > > (regular files and directories only). > > > > - how useful is this code as it stands in real-world usage? > > Right now, an application must be specifically written to use these > mew system calls. It must be a single process and not share any > resources with other processes. The only file descriptors that may be > open are simple files and may not include sockets or pipes. > > What this means in practice is that it is useful for a simple app > doing computational work. say a chemistry application doing calculations. Or a raytracer with a large job. Both can take many hours (days!) even on very fast machine and the restrictions on rebootability can hurt in such cases. You should reach a minimal level of initial practical utility: say some helper tool that allows testers to checkpoint and restore a real PovRay session - without any modification to a stock distro PovRay. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html