Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:21:35 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [RFC v7][PATCH 0/9] Kernel based checkpoint/restart |
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:40:28 -0400 Oren Laadan <orenl@cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
> These patches implement basic checkpoint-restart [CR]. This version > (v7) supports basic tasks with simple private memory, and open files > (regular files and directories only).
This is a problem. I wouldn't want to be in a position where we merge this code in mainline, but it's just a not-very-useful toy. Then, as we turn it into a useful non-toy it all turns into an utter mess.
IOW, merging this code as-is will commit us to merging more code which hasn't even been written yet. It might even commit us to solving thus-far-unknown problems which we don't know how to solve!
It's a big blank cheque.
So.
- how useful is this code as it stands in real-world usage?
- what additional work needs to be done to it? (important!)
- how far are we down the design and implementation path with that new work? Are we yet at least in a position where we can say "yes, this feature can be completed and no, it won't be a horrid mess"?
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