On 08/04/2010 03:01 PM, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > Steven Whitehouse [swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx] wrote: > | Hi, > | > | On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 16:11 -0700, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > |> Checkpoint/restart file owner, file-locks and file-lease information. > |> > | Can you explain roughly how this is intended to work, or point me at a > | document explaining it? > > Well, there is no document atm and I tried to explain how it is supposed > to work in the patches that restart file-locks (patches 4. 9, 16). > > | > | I'm trying to figure out how the file lock checkpoint will work with > | cluster filesystems, or if there needs to be a mechanism to turn this > | feature off for those filesystems. What prevents the lock state changing > | in an incompatible way between the checkpoint and the restore? > > But I see that your question is about the bigger picture. Given that > this question was asked on the previous version of the patchset, I will > add a FAQ/description in patch 0 next time. > > For now, please see: > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=127657580718791&w=2 > Would probably be a good idea to put something on the wiki and/or inside Documentation/checkpoint/... Oren _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
