Re: [RFC v10][PATCH 02/13] Checkpoint/restart: initialdocumentation

From: Al Viro
Date: Fri Nov 28 2008 - 05:46:39 EST


On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 08:04:33PM -0500, Oren Laadan wrote:

> +Currently, namespaces are not saved or restored. They will be treated
> +as a class of a shared object. In particular, it is assumed that the
> +task's file system namespace is the "root" for the entire container.
> +It is also assumed that the same file system view is available for the
> +restart task(s). Otherwise, a file system snapshot is required.

That is to say, bindings are not handled at all.

> +* What additional work needs to be done to it?

> +We know this design can work. We have two commercial products and a
> +horde of academic projects doing it today using this basic design.

May I use that for a t-shirt, please? With that quote in foreground, and
pus-yellow-greenish "MACH" serving as background. With the names of products
and projects dripping from it...
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