* Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
