From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
containers@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org, serue@us.ibm.com, mingo@elte.hu,
xemul@openvz.org, orenl@librato.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/80] Kernel based checkpoint/restart [v18]
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:41:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090924154139.2a7dd5ec.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1253749920-18673-1-git-send-email-orenl@librato.com>
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:50:40 -0400
Oren Laadan <orenl@librato.com> wrote:
> Q: How useful is this code as it stands in real-world usage?
> A: The application can be single- or multi-processes and threads. It
> handles open files (regular files/directories on most file systems,
> pipes, fifos, af_unix sockets, /dev/{null,zero,random,urandom} and
> pseudo-terminals. It supports shared memory. sysv IPC (except undo
> of sempahores). It's suitable for many types of batch jobs as well
> as some interactive jobs. (Note: it is assumed that the fs view is
> available at restart).
That's encouraging.
> Q: What can it checkpoint and restart ?
> A: A (single threaded) process can checkpoint itself, aka "self"
> checkpoint, if it calls the new system calls. Otherise, for an
> "external" checkpoint, the caller must first freeze the target
> processes. One can either checkpoint an entire container (and
> we make best effort to ensure that the result is self-contained),
> or merely a subtree of a process hierarchy.
What is "best effort"? Will the operation appear to have succeeded,
only it didn't?
IOW, how reliable and robust is code at detecting that it was unable to
successfully generate a restartable image?
> Q: What about namespaces ?
> A: Currrently, UTS and IPC namespaces are restored. They demonstrate
> how namespaces are handled. More to come.
Will this new code muck up the kernel?
> Q: What additional work needs to be done to it?
> A: Fill in the gory details following the examples so far. Current WIP
> includes inet sockets, event-poll, and early work on inotify, mount
> namespace and mount-points, pseudo file systems
Will this new code muck up the kernel, or will it be clean?
> and x86_64 support.
eh? You mean the code doesn't work on x86_64 at present?
What is the story on migration? Moving the process(es) to a different
machine?
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2009-09-23 23:50 [PATCH 00/80] Kernel based checkpoint/restart [v18] Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 01/80] c/r: extend arch_setup_additional_pages() Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 02/80] x86: ptrace debugreg checks rewrite Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 03/80] c/r: break out new_user_ns() Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 04/80] c/r: split core function out of some set*{u,g}id functions Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 05/80] cgroup freezer: Fix buggy resume test for tasks frozen with cgroup freezer Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 06/80] cgroup freezer: Update stale locking comments Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 07/80] cgroup freezer: Add CHECKPOINTING state to safeguard container checkpoint Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 08/80] cgroup freezer: interface to freeze a cgroup from within the kernel Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 09/80] Namespaces submenu Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 10/80] c/r: make file_pos_read/write() public Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 11/80] pids 1/7: Factor out code to allocate pidmap page Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 12/80] pids 2/7: Have alloc_pidmap() return actual error code Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 13/80] pids 3/7: Add target_pid parameter to alloc_pidmap() Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 14/80] pids 4/7: Add target_pids parameter to alloc_pid() Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 15/80] pids 5/7: Add target_pids parameter to copy_process() Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 16/80] pids 6/7: Define do_fork_with_pids() Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 17/80] pids 7/7: Define clone_with_pids syscall Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 18/80] c/r: create syscalls: sys_checkpoint, sys_restart Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:50 ` [PATCH v18 19/80] c/r: documentation Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 20/80] c/r: basic infrastructure for checkpoint/restart Oren Laadan
[not found] ` <1253749920-18673-21-git-send-email-orenl-RdfvBDnrOixBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-24 16:03 ` Daniel Walker
2009-09-24 17:33 ` Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 21/80] c/r: x86_32 support " Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 22/80] c/r: external checkpoint of a task other than ourself Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 23/80] c/r: export functionality used in next patch for restart-blocks Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 24/80] c/r: restart-blocks Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 25/80] c/r: checkpoint multiple processes Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 26/80] c/r: restart " Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 27/80] c/r: introduce PF_RESTARTING, and skip notification on exit Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 28/80] c/r: support for zombie processes Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 29/80] c/r: Save and restore the [compat_]robust_list member of the task struct Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 30/80] c/r: infrastructure for shared objects Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 31/80] c/r: detect resource leaks for whole-container checkpoint Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 32/80] deferqueue: generic queue to defer work Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 33/80] c/r: introduce new 'file_operations': ->checkpoint, ->collect() Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 34/80] c/r: dump open file descriptors Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 35/80] c/r: restore " Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 36/80] c/r: introduce method '->checkpoint()' in struct vm_operations_struct Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 37/80] c/r: dump memory address space (private memory) Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 38/80] c/r: restore " Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 39/80] c/r: add generic '->checkpoint' f_op to ext fses Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 40/80] c/r: add generic '->checkpoint()' f_op to simple devices Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 41/80] Add the checkpoint operation for opened files of generic filesystems Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 42/80] c/r: export shmem_getpage() to support shared memory Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 43/80] c/r: dump anonymous- and file-mapped- " Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 44/80] c/r: restore " Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 45/80] splice: export pipe/file-to-pipe/file functionality Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 46/80] c/r: support for open pipes Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 47/80] c/r: checkpoint and restore FIFOs Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 48/80] c/r: make ckpt_may_checkpoint_task() check each namespace individually Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 49/80] c/r: support for UTS namespace Oren Laadan
2009-09-29 18:13 ` Nikita V. Youshchenko
[not found] ` <200909292213.21266-vlktAfmDCSZSq9BJjBFyUp/QNRX+jHPU@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-29 18:51 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2009-09-29 23:01 ` Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 50/80] c/r (ipc): allow allocation of a desired ipc identifier Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 51/80] c/r: save and restore sysvipc namespace basics Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 52/80] c/r: support share-memory sysv-ipc Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 53/80] c/r: support message-queues sysv-ipc Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 54/80] c/r: support semaphore sysv-ipc Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 55/80] c/r: (s390): expose a constant for the number of words (CRs) Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 56/80] c/r: add CKPT_COPY() macro Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 57/80] c/r: define s390-specific checkpoint-restart code Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 58/80] c/r: clone_with_pids: define the s390 syscall Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 59/80] c/r: capabilities: define checkpoint and restore fns Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 60/80] c/r: checkpoint and restore task credentials Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 61/80] c/r: restore file->f_cred Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 62/80] c/r: checkpoint and restore (shared) task's sighand_struct Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 63/80] c/r: [signal 1/4] blocked and template for shared signals Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 64/80] c/r: [signal 2/4] checkpoint/restart of rlimit Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 65/80] c/r: [signal 3/4] pending signals (private, shared) Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 66/80] c/r: [signal 4/4] support for real/virt/prof itimers Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 67/80] Expose may_setuid() in user.h and add may_setgid() (v2) Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 68/80] Add common socket helpers to unify the security hooks Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 69/80] c/r: introduce checkpoint/restore methods to struct proto_ops Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 70/80] c/r: Add AF_UNIX support (v12) Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 71/80] c/r: [pty 1/2] allow allocation of desired pty slave Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 73/80] c/r: correctly restore pgid Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 74/80] c/r: support for controlling terminal and job control Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 75/80] powerpc: reserve checkpoint arch identifiers Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 76/80] powerpc: provide APIs for validating and updating DABR Oren Laadan
[not found] ` <1253749920-18673-1-git-send-email-orenl-RdfvBDnrOixBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 72/80] c/r: [pty 2/2] support for pseudo terminals Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 77/80] powerpc: checkpoint/restart implementation Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 78/80] powerpc: wire up checkpoint and restart syscalls Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:51 ` [PATCH v18 79/80] powerpc: enable checkpoint support in Kconfig Oren Laadan
2009-09-23 23:52 ` [PATCH v18 80/80] powerpc: clone_with_pids implementation Oren Laadan
2009-09-24 13:05 ` [PATCH 00/80] Kernel based checkpoint/restart [v18] Rishikesh
2009-09-24 16:27 ` Dan Smith
2009-09-24 18:20 ` Rishikesh
2009-09-24 22:41 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
[not found] ` <20090924154139.2a7dd5ec.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-25 13:59 ` Dan Smith
2009-09-26 14:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-09-28 16:37 ` Serge E. Hallyn
[not found] ` <20090928163704.GA3327-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-29 13:29 ` Daniel Lezcano
2009-09-30 14:39 ` Dan Smith
[not found] ` <87iqf0o5sf.fsf-FLMGYpZoEPULwtHQx/6qkW3U47Q5hpJU@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-30 16:16 ` Daniel Lezcano
[not found] ` <4AC38477.4070007-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-30 16:29 ` Dan Smith
[not found] ` <87eipoo0po.fsf-FLMGYpZoEPULwtHQx/6qkW3U47Q5hpJU@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-30 18:01 ` Daniel Lezcano
[not found] ` <4AC39CE5.9080908-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-30 18:28 ` Dan Smith
[not found] ` <877hvgnv6z.fsf-FLMGYpZoEPULwtHQx/6qkW3U47Q5hpJU@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-30 22:08 ` Daniel Lezcano
2009-09-29 18:31 ` Oren Laadan
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