The patch titled Subject: c/r: introduce CHECKPOINT_RESTORE symbol has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is c-r-introduce-checkpoint_restore-symbol.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ From: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: c/r: introduce CHECKPOINT_RESTORE symbol For checkpoint/restore we need auxilary features being compiled into the kernel, such as additional prctl codes, /proc/<pid>/map_files and etc... but same time these features are not mandatory for a regular kernel so CHECKPOINT_RESTORE config symbol should bring a way to disable them all at once if one wish to get rid of additional functionality. Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- init/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff -puN init/Kconfig~c-r-introduce-checkpoint_restore-symbol init/Kconfig --- a/init/Kconfig~c-r-introduce-checkpoint_restore-symbol +++ a/init/Kconfig @@ -782,6 +782,17 @@ config DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP endif # CGROUPS +config CHECKPOINT_RESTORE + bool "Checkpoint/restore support" if EXPERT + default n + help + Enables additional kernel features in a sake of checkpoint/restore. + In particular it adds auxiliary prctl codes to setup process text, + data and heap segment sizes, and a few additional /proc filesystem + entries. + + If unsure, say N here. + menuconfig NAMESPACES bool "Namespaces support" if EXPERT default !EXPERT _ Subject: Subject: c/r: introduce CHECKPOINT_RESTORE symbol Patches currently in -mm which might be from gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch procfs-make-proc_get_link-to-use-dentry-instead-of-inode.patch procfs-introduce-the-proc-pid-map_files-directory.patch procfs-introduce-the-proc-pid-map_files-directory-checkpatch-fixes.patch sysctl-add-the-kernelns_last_pid-control.patch c-r-introduce-checkpoint_restore-symbol.patch c-r-procfs-add-start_data-end_data-start_brk-members-to-proc-pid-stat-v4.patch c-r-procfs-add-start_data-end_data-start_brk-members-to-proc-pid-stat-v4-fix.patch c-r-prctl-add-pr_set_mm-codes-to-set-up-mm_struct-entries.patch c-r-prctl-add-pr_set_mm-codes-to-set-up-mm_struct-entries-fix.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html