linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v7][PATCH 0/9] Kernel based checkpoint/restart

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Message-ID: <20081022092024.GC12453@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:20:24 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oren Laadan <orenl@...columbia.edu>, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v7][PATCH 0/9] Kernel based checkpoint/restart


* Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 12:21 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:40:28 -0400
> > Oren Laadan <orenl@...columbia.edu> wrote:
> > > These patches implement basic checkpoint-restart [CR]. This version
> > > (v7) supports basic tasks with simple private memory, and open files
> > > (regular files and directories only).
> > 
> > - how useful is this code as it stands in real-world usage?
> 
> Right now, an application must be specifically written to use these 
> mew system calls.  It must be a single process and not share any 
> resources with other processes.  The only file descriptors that may be 
> open are simple files and may not include sockets or pipes.
> 
> What this means in practice is that it is useful for a simple app 
> doing computational work.

say a chemistry application doing calculations. Or a raytracer with a 
large job. Both can take many hours (days!) even on very fast machine 
and the restrictions on rebootability can hurt in such cases.

You should reach a minimal level of initial practical utility: say some 
helper tool that allows testers to checkpoint and restore a real PovRay 
session - without any modification to a stock distro PovRay.

	Ingo
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