[CRIU] Fwd: Regarding resources in image format

Pavel Emelyanov xemul at parallels.com
Thu Nov 1 06:40:48 EDT 2012


On 10/31/2012 09:27 PM, Rahul Jain wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was having a look at resources for which information is being collected and are part of image format (http://criu.org/Images).
> 
> We are taking checkpoint of all resources being used by a process at a point of time.
> 
> As per my understanding, there are couple of more items which should be part of list:-
> 1. Session

Already there, need to update docs.

> 2. Environment (env variables exported)

Also there. It sits in tasks' address space which is taken in images.

> 3. Drivers being insmod by process.

What for?

> 4. signalfd

Also there.

> 5. Any files/Directories created but they are not part of open descriptors.

This is disputable. CRIU is _applications_ state c/r. Filesystems c/r is out of
crtools scope and should be handled separately.

> 
> Please let me know your opinion on above.
> --
> -Rahul
> “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” - Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
> 





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