On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 03:00:40PM -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Quoting Matt Helsley (matthltc@xxxxxxxxxx): > > The robust futex test can hang if the kernel fails to properly set the robust > > list pointer. This currently happens during restart. The test should not > > hang and instead should report failure. > > > > Use a timeout to ensure that hangs are caught and reported as failure. > > The timeout should return ETIMEDOUT. This limits the total amount of time > > checkpoint/restart can take so a suitable timeout is essential here. > > > > Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Reported-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Hey Matt, > > last month you sent out a (short) kernel patch for robust futexes. > Was that supposed to be enough to fully support c/r of robust futexes? > > -serge Yup. I need to get the update of that patch sent out but the old version should still work I think. Cheers, -Matt Helsley _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
