Hello,
The code in "kernel/sys.c" provides the "prctl(PR_SET_MM)" function,
which is the only way a process can set or modify the following 11
per-process fields:
start_code, end_code, start_data, end_data, start_brk, brk,
start_stack, arg_start, arg_end, env_start, env_end.
Being able to set those fields is important, even crucial,
for any conceivable user-level checkpointing software, as
well as for migrating processes between different computers.
Unfortunately, this code (essentially "prctl_set_mm()") is presently
enclosed in "#ifdef CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE" which is configured
as "default n" in "init/Kconfig". Many system-administrators who
may like to have a checkpoint/restore or process-migration facility,
but use standard pre-packaged kernels, find the requirement to
configure and compile their own non-standard kernel difficult or
too prohibitive.
Would it be possible to have this code enabled by default?
This could be done in one of 4 ways:
1) Having CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE enabled by default; or
2) Releasing this code from the "#ifdef CONFIG_CHECK_RESTORE"; or
3) Placing this code within a different kernel-configuration option
(say "CONFIG_BASIC_CHECKPOINTING") that is enabled by default; or
4) Placing this code under a dual #if, so instead of:
#ifdef CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
have:
#if defined(CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) || defined(CONFIG_BASIC_CHECKPOINTING)
Thank you,
Amnon.
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