netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] c/r: Add AF

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Message-ID: <87ab3fqjjj.fsf@caffeine.danplanet.com>
Date:	Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:30:24 -0700
From:	Dan Smith <danms@...ibm.com>
To:	Oren Laadan <orenl@...columbia.edu>
Cc:	containers@...ts.osdl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] c/r: Add AF_INET support (v3)

OL> The live c/r of open connections is very useful for process
OL> migration. For other scenarios (e.g. fault recovery in HPC) it
OL> does not matter that much.

Perhaps it makes sense to shelve the INET patch for a while until we
can get the UNIX patch worked into decent shape?

OL> Are you certain that none of the values below needs to be
OL> sanitized before put in the kernel ?

No.

I removed the "I'm sure there are lots of holes here" comment so as
not to scare off the netdev folks.  In case it's not (painfully)
obvious, the UNIX patch has gotten significantly more attention so
far.

-- 
Dan Smith
IBM Linux Technology Center
email: danms@...ibm.com
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