From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sfi-mx-4.v28.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.28.124] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by 335xhf1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MJ7W9-0003Yd-RS for ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:02:37 +0000 Received: from e34.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.152]) by 1b2kzd1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) id 1MJ7W8-00052T-QE for ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:02:37 +0000 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:02:30 -0500 From: "Serge E. Hallyn" Message-ID: <20090623150230.GA20383@us.ibm.com> References: <1233076092-8660-1-git-send-email-orenl@cs.columbia.edu> <1237365510.5381.34.camel@subratamodak.linux.ibm.com> <20090318133943.GA22636@us.ibm.com> <1237385013.5381.58.camel@subratamodak.linux.ibm.com> <1245768524.4860.60.camel@subratamodak.linux.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1245768524.4860.60.camel@subratamodak.linux.ibm.com> Subject: Re: [LTP] [RFC v13][PATCH 00/14] Kernel based checkpoint/restart List-Id: Linux Test Project General Discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: ltp-list-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Subrata Modak Cc: ltp-list , Oren Laadan , Alexander Viro , matthltc , "H. Peter Anvin" , Serge Hallyn , sukadev Quoting Subrata Modak (subrata@linux.vnet.ibm.com): > On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 19:33 +0530, Subrata Modak wrote: > > Thanks Serge. > > > > On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 08:39 -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > > > Quoting Subrata Modak (subrata@linux.vnet.ibm.com): > > > > Serge, > > > > > > > > Did i talk to you regarding these tests in our OLS 2008 meeting ? I do > > > > not remember exactly, but, when i saw this posting, i thought may be > > > > there was some conversation. > > > > > > I'm not sure. However no patches are in -mm or linux-next yet. > > > > > > I'm not yet certain what the test methodology will be. Some for > > > instance feel that the best way to test c/r is to just run ltp > > > inside a container and continuously c/r it. Of course, that > > > isn't very useful when c/r support is not yet sufficient to > > > accomplish that. So at the moment we do have sets of programs > > > specifically written to be checkpointable. > > > > > > For instance I have a program and script which continuously > > > runs, updates state, writes to a file, checkpoints, kills, > > > and restarts. That sort of thing should make a nice testcase. > > > Oren maintains a git tree with checkpointable programs at > > > git://git.ncl.cs.columbia.edu/pub/git/user-cr.git . > > > > > > So definately let's talk again after patches hit mainline. I'll > > > whip up some testcases based on existing code. > > Serge, > > Do we have this in 2.6.30 ? Let me check! Heh, just kidding. Nope. -serge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge conference! Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two days of sessions, one day of unconference: $250. Need another reason to go? 24-hour hacker lounge. Register today! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;215844324;13503038;v?http://opensourcebridge.org _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list Ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list