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    SubjectRe: [RFC v6][PATCH 0/9] Kernel based checkpoint/restart

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

    > On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 15:44 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
    > > there might be races as well, especially with proxy state - and
    > > current->flags updates are not serialized.
    > >
    > > So maybe it should be a completely separate flag after all? Stick it
    > > into the end of task_struct perhaps.
    >
    > What do you mean by proxy state? nsproxy?

    it's a concept: one task installing some state into another task (which
    state must be restored after a checkpoint event), while that other task
    is running. Such as a pi-futex state for example.

    So a task can acquire state not just by its own doing, but via some
    other task too.

    Ingo


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