Checklist/NetworkFilesystems
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Current Status
Any task using a network or distributed filesystem will cause sys_checkpoint() to return failure because the file its fd refers to lacks the .checkpoint file operation. See UncheckpointableFilesystems.
Issues, Solutions, Impacts
Summary
Issue | Solution(s) | Current Impact | Solution Impact |
---|---|---|---|
NFS | TODO | None | Unknown |
ocfs2 | None planned | None | Unknown |
gfs2 | None planned | None | Unknown |
AFS | None planned | None | Unknown |
Coda | None planned | None | Unknown |
Details
A userspace NFS server is probably checkpointable so long as it relies on other checkpointable primitives like inet sockets and a checkpointable local filesystem. NFS clients are more problematic since they require special kernel support.