[CRIU] [PATCH] docs: start documenting lazy-pages
Mike Rapoport
rppt at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon May 1 00:11:56 PDT 2017
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
Documentation/criu.txt | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/criu.txt b/Documentation/criu.txt
index 0a2f65b..6758e9b 100644
--- a/Documentation/criu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/criu.txt
@@ -322,6 +322,15 @@ For example, the command line for the above example should look like this:
restore. In addition to not dumping memory pages, the checkpointed process
will continue running.
+*--lazy-pages*::
+ Perform the dump procedure without writing memory pages into the
+ image files and prepare to service page requests over the
+ network. When *dump* runs in this mode it presumes that
+ *lazy-pages* daemon will connect to it and fetch memory pages to
+ lazily inject them into the restored process address space. This
+ option is intended for post-copy (lazy) migration and should be
+ used in conjunction with *restore* with appropriate options.
+
*restore*
~~~~~~~~~
Restores previously checkpointed processes.
@@ -483,6 +492,14 @@ are not adequate, but this can be suppressed by using *--cpu-cap=none*.
to restore on an older kernel, or a kernel configured without some
options.
+*--lazy-pages*::
+ Restore the processes without filling out the entire memory
+ contents. When this option is used, *restore* sets up the
+ infrastucture required to fill memory pages either on demand when
+ the process accesses them or in the background without stopping the
+ restored process.
+ This option requires running *lazy-pages* daemon.
+
*check*
~~~~~~~
Checks whether the kernel supports the features needed by *criu* to
@@ -549,6 +566,18 @@ Launches *criu* in page server mode.
*--port* 'number'::
Page server port number.
+*lazy-pages*
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Launches *criu* in lazy-pages daemon mode.
+
+The *lazy-pages* daemon is responsible for managing user-level demand
+paging for the restored processes. It gets information required to
+fill the process memory pages from the *restore* and from the
+checkpont directory. When a restored process access certain memory
+page for the first time, the *lazy-pages* daemon injects its contents
+into the process address space. The memory pages that are not yet
+requested by the restored processes are injected in the background.
+
*exec*
~~~~~~
Executes a system call inside a destination task\'s context. This functionality
--
1.9.1
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