Re: [RFC v6][PATCH 0/9] Kernel based checkpoint/restart

[Ingo Molnar]

* 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
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