linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH 00/19] Non disruptive application core dump infrastructure using task_work

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Date:	Fri, 4 Oct 2013 14:38:43 +0400
From:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
To:	Janani Venkataraman <jananive@...ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 00/19] Non disruptive application core dump infrastructure
 using task_work_add()

On 10/04/2013 02:30 PM, Janani Venkataraman wrote:
> Hi all,
> 

> This series is based on the Task work add approach. We didn't adopt the CRIU
> approch because of the following reasons:
> 
> * It is not upstream yet.

It is, starting from criu-v0.7 + linux-3.11

> * There are concerns about the security of the dump.

Can you elaborate on this? Is it fixable in CRIU at all?

> * It involves a lot of changes and this approach provides a UNIX style 
>   interface.

Can you also shed more light on this -- what changes do you mean?
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