Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:56:06 +0200 | | From | Ingo Molnar <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/80] Kernel based checkpoint/restart [v18] |
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* Dan Smith <danms@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> >> 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 > > AM> Will this new code muck up the kernel, or will it be clean? > > I have (and have previously posted) prototype code to do c/r of open > sockets, ignoring some things like updating timers and such. It looks > rather similar to the existing UNIX bits, and is even easier in some > ways. > > One particular use case is only migrating listening sockets and > allowing the connected ones to be reset upon restart. That enables a > bunch of things like apache, postfix, vncserver, and even sshd. I > will pull the listen-only bits out of my current patch, scrape off a > little bitrot, and post them in a few days.
That looks useful. (Btw., the other four questions Andrew asked look relevant too.)
Ingo
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