From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 04:24:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 04:24:32 -0400 Received: from cisco7500-mainGW.gts.cz ([194.213.32.131]:7172 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 04:24:20 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 16:26:04 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: Hua Zhong Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CRAK: a process checkpoint/restart kernel module Message-ID: <20010523162603.A33@toy.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from huaz@cs.columbia.edu on Mon, May 21, 2001 at 05:57:52AM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi!! > This project has been there for over one year, and I've got quite a few > emails asking about it. Before it becomes more reliable, I think letting > more people know about it is a good idea. Thanks to those who ever > pushed me on it :-) > > I guess many of you have already known about epckpt, a patch written > by Eduardo Pinheiro that adds process checkpoint/restart capability to the > Linux kernel. CRAK does the similar thing - in fact, I started this > project based on epckpt's code, but now they have been very different. One question: can crak be used for process migration (assuming nodes share filesystem)? [As in, node of cluster is going down so we checkpoint and resume on some other node?] Pavel PS: Can it checkpoint/restart X applications? I guess some games would be easier with ability to checkpoint ;-) -- Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.