[Devel] Re: [PATCH 5/5] Deny external checkpoint unless task is frozen

[Oren Laadan]

Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting Sukadev Bhattiprolu (sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com):
>> From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Deny external checkpoint unless task is frozen
>>
>> Remove a 'FIXME' and ensure that the tasks we are checkpointing are
>> frozen unless its a self-checkpoint.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> I remain not-a-fan of self-checkpoint, and think it needlessly
> complicates locking, but it isn't for this patch to change that :)

lol ... here's is an interesting use case for self checkpoint: "ASSURE:
Automatic Software Self-healing Using REscue points" (ASPLOS 2009).

Oren.

> 
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue at us.ibm.com>
> 
>> ---
>>  checkpoint/checkpoint.c |    5 ++++-
>>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/checkpoint/checkpoint.c b/checkpoint/checkpoint.c
>> index 9189abb..cfa6b4f 100644
>> --- a/checkpoint/checkpoint.c
>> +++ b/checkpoint/checkpoint.c
>> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/mount.h>
>>  #include <linux/utsname.h>
>>  #include <linux/magic.h>
>> +#include <linux/freezer.h>
>>  #include <linux/checkpoint.h>
>>  #include <linux/checkpoint_hdr.h>
>>
>> @@ -280,7 +281,9 @@ static int cr_may_checkpoint_task(struct task_struct *t, struct cr_ctx *ctx)
>>  	if (!ptrace_may_access(t, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
>>  		return -EPERM;
>>
>> -	/* FIXME: verify that the task is frozen (unless self) */
>> +	/* verify that the task is frozen (unless self) */
>> +	if (t != current && !frozen(t))
>> +		return -EBUSY;
>>
>>  	/* FIXME: change this for nested containers */
>>  	if (task_nsproxy(t) != ctx->root_nsproxy)
>> -- 
>> 1.5.2.5
>>
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