Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753359AbYHUMAG (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751174AbYHUL7z (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:59:55 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:37745 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751073AbYHUL7z (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:59:55 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:59:24 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Balbir Singh Cc: Oren Laadan , containers@lists.linux-foundation.org, jeremy@goop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: Re: [RFC v2][PATCH 4/9] Memory management - dump state Message-ID: <20080821115924.GC5615@elte.hu> References: <20080821073020.GA28386@elte.hu> <48AD433E.7010905@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48AD433E.7010905@linux.vnet.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1237 Lines: 33 * Balbir Singh wrote: > Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Oren Laadan wrote: > > > >> checkpoint/ckpt_x86.c | 28 ++++ > >> checkpoint/rstr_x86.c | 2 + > > > > please move these into arch/x86/mm/checkpoint.c and > > arch/x86/mm/restore.c. (also, please dont try to abbreviate too much in > > filenames, makes it harder to follow changes later on, etc.) > > > > Cool stuff btw! Any ETA on when more complex apps can be > > checkpointed/restored? Also, shouldnt at least part of this effort > > be joined with the live migration efforts of openvz? (or do you see > > fundamental, unsolvable differences?) > > My understanding is that this is a result of the joint discussion > (with the OpenVZ folks present) that happened during the containers > min-summit prior to OLS this year. great news :-) This stuff should be completed ASAP, user-transparent kernel upgrades on a generic Linux distro would be really nice :-) Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/