Matt Helsley wrote: > 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. > Right. Let's get it in for v17. Oren. _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
