From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932212AbWGGT6c (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2006 15:58:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932218AbWGGT6c (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2006 15:58:32 -0400 Received: from saraswathi.solana.com ([198.99.130.12]:29136 "EHLO saraswathi.solana.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932212AbWGGT6b (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2006 15:58:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 15:58:21 -0400 From: Jeff Dike To: "Brock, Anthony - NET" Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 19/19] UML - Make mconsole versionrequestshappen in a process Message-ID: <20060707195821.GA5988@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> References: <20060707165851.GA5391@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> <7B4268E5ACB878429B58D4BE5B780E83010B6B49@NWS-EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7B4268E5ACB878429B58D4BE5B780E83010B6B49@NWS-EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 10:07:25AM -0700, Brock, Anthony - NET wrote: > What is the recommended means for verifying that a UML process is > running? Depends on what level of "running" you want to check for. Ping will tell you if the kernel can respond to interrupts. mconsole version (now) will tell you whether it can schedule processes. mconsole sysrq is another way to check that it is alive enough to respond to interrupts. Jeff