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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.6.24-rc8-mm1 00/15] IPC: code rewrite + new functionalities
Hi!

>>> As the namespaces and the "containers" are being integrated in the
>>> kernel, these functionalities may be a first step to implement the
>>> checkpoint/restart of an application: in fact the existing API does not allow
>>> to specify or to change an ID when creating an IPC, when restarting an
>>> application, and the times/pids values of each IPCs are also altered. May be
>>> someone may find another interest about this ?
>>>
>>> So again, comments are welcome.
>>
>> Checkpoint/restart is nice, but... sysV ipc is broken by design, do we
>> really want to extend it?

>
> For my personal culture, what do you mean by "broken by design"?


int shmget(key_t key, size_t size, int shmflg);

....so how do you produce key in a way that is guaranteed not to
interfere with other uses?
Pavel
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