From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Serge E. Hallyn" Subject: Re: [RFC v11][PATCH 00/13] Kernel based checkpoint/restart Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 18:19:57 -0600 Message-ID: <20081206001957.GA29851@us.ibm.com> References: <1228498282-11804-1-git-send-email-orenl@cs.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1228498282-11804-1-git-send-email-orenl-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Oren Laadan Cc: containers-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Linux Torvalds , Thomas Gleixner , Dave Hansen , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , Alexander Viro , MinChan Kim , arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org, jeremy-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org Quoting Oren Laadan (orenl-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org): > Checkpoint-restart (c/r): fixed races in file handling (comments from > from Al Viro). Updated and tested against v2.6.28-rc7 (feaf384...) > > We'd like these to make it into -mm. This version addresses the > last of the known bugs. Please pull at least the first 11 patches, > as they are similar to before. > > Patches 1-11 are stable, providing self- and external- c/r of a > single process. > Patches 12 and 13 are newer, adding support for c/r of multiple > processes. > > The git tree tracking v11, branch 'ckpt-v11' (and older versions): > git://git.ncl.cs.columbia.edu/pub/git/linux-cr.git > > Restarting multiple processes requires 'mktree' userspace tool: > git://git.ncl.cs.columbia.edu/pub/git/user-cr.git Thanks Oren, this set is working great for me. hours of (run in container; while (1) { checkpoint; kill; restart in container;} went fine. 500 simultaneoush checkpoints of the same task went fine. mktree works great. thanks, -serge -- 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