[Devel] [PATCH RFC] powerpc: catch 32/64bit mix

2009-11-25 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
The arch-specific restore_thread() and restore_cpu() are called after restore_task_obj()s. This means that when a 32-bit task calls sys_restart() with a 64-bit image, we'll be reloading memory mappings before those are called, and get a 'mysterious' -EINVAL for trying to map libc into an area

[Devel] Re: [v13][PATCH 12/12] Document sys_eclone

2009-11-25 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Quoting Sukadev Bhattiprolu (suka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com): Hey Suka, +struct clone_args { + u64 clone_flags_high; + u64 child_stack; + u64 child_stack_size; + u64 parent_tid_ptr; + u64 child_tid_ptr; + u32 nr_pids; + u32 reserved0; + u64 reserved1; You

[Devel] Re: [PATCH 1/1] return the error value from read_pages_contents

2009-11-25 Thread Oren Laadan
Queued for v19-rc2. Serge E. Hallyn wrote: Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn se...@us.ibm.com --- checkpoint/memory.c |2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/checkpoint/memory.c b/checkpoint/memory.c index ec3603a..cfb25a3 100644 --- a/checkpoint/memory.c

[Devel] Re: [PATCH] user-cr: invoke exit system call directly from ckpt_do_feeder

2009-11-25 Thread Oren Laadan
Nice catch, Queued for v19-rc2. Nathan Lynch wrote: The feeder thread can cause the restart process to fail by indirectly calling exit_group, which sends SIGKILL to all other threads in the process. If the feeder thread wins the race, the restart is disrupted. A common symptom of this race

[Devel] Re: [PATCH] user-cr: fix uninitialized use in shmem test

2009-11-25 Thread Oren Laadan
Queued for v19-rc2. Nathan Lynch wrote: With ckpt-v19-rc1 branch in user-cr I get: shmem.c: In function ‘main’: shmem.c:53: warning: ‘a’ may be used uninitialized in this function Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch n...@pobox.com --- test/shmem.c |2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+),

[Devel] Re: [v13][PATCH 00/12] Implement eclone() system call

2009-11-25 Thread Oren Laadan
Queued for v19-rc2 to replace old clone-with-pids. Oren. Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: Andrew, We ported the syscall to x86_64, powerpc and s390 and in the process hashed out couple of minor issues in the interface. Can you please merge or let me know if there are other comments ? ---

[Devel] Re: [PATCH 0/9] user-cr: update to eclone API; add nsexeccwp

2009-11-25 Thread Oren Laadan
Thanks for the port to eclone - this is queued for v19-rc2. Oren. Nathan Lynch wrote: The following series adds support for eclone to the arch code, introduces the nsexeccwp utility which allows for isolated testing of eclone's pid-choosing capability, switches the restart utility to

[Devel] Re: [PATCH user-cr 2/2] add nsexeccwp to test clone-with-pids

2009-11-25 Thread Oren Laadan
Ok, will add this to user-cr (v19-rc2). BTW, where is the original nsexec source maintained ? Oren. Serge E. Hallyn wrote: One of the concerns with clone-with-pids is whether the stack handling is all correct and robust enough to withstand real usage. Little testcases playing with pid

[Devel] Re: [PATCH 1/6] add image offset to ckpt_err output

2009-11-25 Thread Oren Laadan
Cool. Entire patchset queued for v19-rc2. Thanks, Oren. se...@us.ibm.com wrote: From: Serge E. Hallyn se...@us.ibm.com Changelog: Nov 17: check for len overrun Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn se...@us.ibm.com --- checkpoint/sys.c |2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0

[Devel] Re: Add support for connected INET sockets

2009-11-25 Thread Oren Laadan
Great ! will add to v19-rc2. Oren. Dan Smith wrote: This is an update of the previous set to apply on top of v19-rc1 and to address some of the trivial changes suggested on list. Those are detailed per-patch. I will follow up with a patch to change ckpt_debug to ckpt_err where

[Devel] Re: Change net c/r to use stock page I/O functions

2009-11-25 Thread Oren Laadan
Got it for v19-rc2. Dan Smith wrote: ...as discussed on list. ___ Containers mailing list contain...@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers ___

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 00/12] Implement eclone() system call

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
Andrew, (Sorry to spam, but I failed to cc LKML on my previous post and want to make sure I addressed all comments). We also ported the eclone() syscall to x86_64, powerpc and s390. Can you please merge or let me know if there are other comments ? --- Subject: [v13][PATCH 00/12] Implement

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 01/12] Factor out code to allocate pidmap page

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu suka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [v13][PATCH 01/12] Factor out code to allocate pidmap page To simplify alloc_pidmap(), move code to allocate a pid map page to a separate function. Changelog[v3]: - Earlier version of patchset called alloc_pidmap_page() from

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 02/12] Have alloc_pidmap() return actual error code

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu suka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [v13][PATCH 02/12] Have alloc_pidmap() return actual error code alloc_pidmap() can fail either because all pid numbers are in use or because memory allocation failed. With support for setting a specific pid number, alloc_pidmap()

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 03/12] Define set_pidmap() function

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu suka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [v13][PATCH 03/12] Define set_pidmap() function Define a set_pidmap() interface which is like alloc_pidmap() only that caller specifies the pid number to be assigned. Changelog[v13]: - Don't let do_alloc_pidmap return 0 if it

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 04/12] Add target_pids parameter to alloc_pid()

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu suka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [v13][PATCH 04/12] Add target_pids parameter to alloc_pid() This parameter is currently NULL, but will be used in a follow-on patch. Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu suka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Acked-by: Serge Hallyn

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 05/12] Add target_pids parameter to copy_process()

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu suka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [v13][PATCH 05/12] Add target_pids parameter to copy_process() Add a 'target_pids' parameter to copy_process(). The new parameter will be used in a follow-on patch when eclone() is implemented. Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 06/12] Check invalid clone flags

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu suka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [v13][PATCH 06/12] Check invalid clone flags As pointed out by Oren Laadan, we want to ensure that unused bits in the clone-flags remain unused and available for future. To ensure this, define a mask of clone-flags and check the flags

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 07/12] Define do_fork_with_pids()

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu suka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [v13][PATCH 07/12] Define do_fork_with_pids() do_fork_with_pids() is same as do_fork(), except that it takes an additional, 'pid_set', parameter. This parameter, currently unused, specifies the set of target pids of the process in

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 08/12] Implement sys_eclone for x86

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu suka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [v13][PATCH 08/12] Implement sys_eclone for x86 Container restart requires that a task have the same pid it had when it was checkpointed. When containers are nested the tasks within the containers exist in multiple pid namespaces and

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 09/12] Implement sys_eclone for x86_64

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu suka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [v13][PATCH 09/12] Implement sys_eclone for x86_64 Implement sys_eclone() system call for x86_64. This is based on earlier code from Dave Hansen. Modified to share code between x86 and x86_64 kernels. Signed-off-by: Sukadev

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 10/12] Implement sys_eclone for s390

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Serge E. Hallyn se...@us.ibm.com Subject: [v13][PATCH 10/12] Implement sys_eclone for s390 Implement the s390 hook for sys_eclone(). Changelog: Nov 24: Removed user-space code from commit log. See user-cr git tree. Nov 17: remove redundant flags_high check Nov 13:

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 11/12] Implement sys_eclone for powerpc

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Nathan Lynch n...@pobox.com Subject: [v13][PATCH 11/12] Implement sys_eclone for powerpc Wired up for both ppc32 and ppc64, but tested only with the latter. Changelog: Nov 17: (serge) remove redundant flags_high check, and don't fold it into flags. Signed-off-by:

[Devel] [v13][PATCH 12/12] Document sys_eclone

2009-11-25 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu suka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [v13][PATCH 12/12] Document sys_eclone This gives a brief overview of the eclone() system call. We should eventually describe more details in existing clone(2) man page or in a new man page. Changelog[v13]: - [Nathan Lynch,

[Devel] Re: [PATCH RFC] powerpc: catch 32/64bit mix

2009-11-25 Thread Oren Laadan
I can't recall a convincing reason why restore_{thread,cpu}() should run so late, or in particular after restore_task_objs(). I think the original motivation was to avoid the point-of-no-return at a very early stage. However this is only useful for self-restart. If we ever want self-restart to

[Devel] Re: [PATCH] Correct data pointer offset calculation

2009-11-25 Thread Oren Laadan
... for v19-rc2, too. Thanks. Oren. Dan Smith wrote: The current data pointer offset calculation is not correct in all cases. This patch records the offset and resets it on restore. With this patch, all of my test cases now pass and behave as they should. Signed-off-by: Dan Smith

[Devel] Re: [PATCH RFC] powerpc: catch 32/64bit mix

2009-11-25 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Quoting Oren Laadan (or...@cs.columbia.edu): I can't recall a convincing reason why restore_{thread,cpu}() should run so late, or in particular after restore_task_objs(). I think the original motivation was to avoid the point-of-no-return at a very early stage. However this is only useful

[Devel] Re: [PATCH user-cr 2/2] add nsexeccwp to test clone-with-pids

2009-11-25 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Quoting Oren Laadan (or...@cs.columbia.edu): Ok, will add this to user-cr (v19-rc2). BTW, where is the original nsexec source maintained ? It isn't really 'maintained'. Used to be kept at lxc.sf.net, and right now a copy is in the cr_tests git tree. -serge

[Devel] Re: [PATCH RFC] powerpc: catch 32/64bit mix

2009-11-25 Thread Oren Laadan
Serge E. Hallyn wrote: Quoting Oren Laadan (or...@cs.columbia.edu): I can't recall a convincing reason why restore_{thread,cpu}() should run so late, or in particular after restore_task_objs(). I think the original motivation was to avoid the point-of-no-return at a very early stage.