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* PowerPC
 
* PowerPC
 
* s390x
 
* s390x
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* ARM
  
 
Click [[Architecture|here]] for information about architecture specific.
 
Click [[Architecture|here]] for information about architecture specific.
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== What is Implemented ==
 
== What is Implemented ==
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* zombie processes
 
* zombie processes
 
* process ids (pid, pgid, sid)
 
* process ids (pid, pgid, sid)
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* futexes
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* [[Futexes|futexes (pi, robust, plain)]]
 
* signals (signal handling, pending signals)
 
* signals (signal handling, pending signals)
 
* credentials (userid, group, POSIX capabilities)
 
* credentials (userid, group, POSIX capabilities)
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'''Namespaces'''
 
'''Namespaces'''
 
<br>
 
<br>
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* user-ns, ipc-ns, uts-ns: multiple namespaces
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* user-ns, ipc-ns, uts-ns, net-ns: multiple namespaces
 
* pid-ns: a single namespace is supported (extension for nested pid-ns will be done in user-space).
 
* pid-ns: a single namespace is supported (extension for nested pid-ns will be done in user-space).
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* net-ns: a patch-set is being circulates.
 
  
 
'''File descriptors'''
 
'''File descriptors'''
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** epoll fd
 
** epoll fd
 
** event fd
 
** event fd
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** timer fd
 
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** signal fd
 
  
 
'''Networking'''
 
'''Networking'''
 
* unix sockets
 
* unix sockets
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* ipv4 sockets (except time-wait sockets)
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* ipv4, ipv6 sockets (except time-wait sockets)
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* veth, macvlan, loopback devices and addresses
  
 
IPv4 supports live migration between hosts.
 
IPv4 supports live migration between hosts.
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* SYSV IPC
 
* SYSV IPC
 
** message queues
 
** message queues
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** semaphores (except undo)
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** semaphores (patches for 'undo' queued)
 
** shared memory
 
** shared memory
  
 
'''Security'''
 
'''Security'''
 
* Smack and SELinux LSM labels
 
* Smack and SELinux LSM labels
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== What is NOT implemented ==
 
== What is NOT implemented ==
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!| mounts namespaces || Yes || Clean (the dirty work will be in mounts themselves)
 
!| mounts namespaces || Yes || Clean (the dirty work will be in mounts themselves)
 
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!| mounts || No || [[mounts | postponed to v20]]
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!| mounts || No || [[mounts | postponed]]
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!| Network devices || Yes ||
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[[ Checklist/NetworkDevices| Clean, planned for v20 for veth+macvlan ]]
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!| time-wait inet sockets || No ||
 
!| time-wait inet sockets || No ||
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[[ Checklist/NetworkDevices| Clean, planned for v20. ]]
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[[ Checklist/NetworkDevices| Clean, not high priority. ]]
 
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!| unlinked files and directories || Yes ||
 
!| unlinked files and directories || Yes ||
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!| [[Checklist/NetworkFilesystems|network and distributed filesystems]] || [[UncheckpointableFilesystems|Yes]] ||
 
!| [[Checklist/NetworkFilesystems|network and distributed filesystems]] || [[UncheckpointableFilesystems|Yes]] ||
 
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!| [[Checklist/SemUndo|SYSV IPC: semaphore undo]] || No || Small, clean, planned for v20.
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!| [[Checklist/SemUndo|SYSV IPC: semaphore undo]] || No || Patches on the list already.
 
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!| netlink || [[UncheckpointableProtocols|Yes]] ||  Clean, low priority.
 
!| netlink || [[UncheckpointableProtocols|Yes]] ||  Clean, low priority.
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!| [[UncheckpointableProtocols|new, expiremental, and/or <br/>infrastructure-oriented network protocols]] || [[UncheckpointableProtocols|Yes]] || Ignore
 
!| [[UncheckpointableProtocols|new, expiremental, and/or <br/>infrastructure-oriented network protocols]] || [[UncheckpointableProtocols|Yes]] || Ignore
 
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!| file locks || Yes || Trivial and clean, planned for v20.
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!| file locks || Yes || Patches on the list already
 
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!| file leases || Yes || Trivial and clean, planned for v20.
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!| file leases || Yes || Patches on the list already
 
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!| fowner+sigio || Yes || Trivial and clean, planned for v20.
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!| fowner+sigio || Yes || Trivial and clean.
 
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!| ptraced tasks || Yes || Expect small impact on kernel code.
 
!| ptraced tasks || Yes || Expect small impact on kernel code.
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!| inet6 sockets || [[UncheckpointableProtocols|Yes]] ||  Previously supported, just need <br/> to add it back in.  minor.
 
!| inet6 sockets || [[UncheckpointableProtocols|Yes]] ||  Previously supported, just need <br/> to add it back in.  minor.
 
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!| Hardware devices <br/> other than those mentioned above. <br/> Includes mmap, /dev/foo, Infiniband devices || [[HardwareCheckpointable|Yes (mostly)]] || [[Checklist/RFC_HotPluggableDevices|One idea]]
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!| Hardware devices <br/> other than those mentioned above. <br/> Includes mmap, /dev/foo, Infiniband devices || [[HardwareCheckpointable|Yes (mostly)]] || [[Checklist/RFC_HotPluggableDevices|One idea]], very low priority
 
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!| System-specific files in sysfs <br/> (things like UUID files) || [[UncheckpointableFilesystems|Yes]] ||
 
!| System-specific files in sysfs <br/> (things like UUID files) || [[UncheckpointableFilesystems|Yes]] ||

Latest revision as of 15:46, 17 August 2010

A feature being unsupported for checkpoint/restart could mean two things. It could mean that checkpoint on an application using the feature will fail. For instance, if an application has an open fd on an unsupported device or on a file of an unsupported fs, then checkpoint will fail with an informative error message. That is ok.

It could also mean that checkpoint will 'succeed', but restart will fail. Worse, it could mean that restart will 'succeed', but the application will misbehave after restart. For instance, we currently do not address mounts. So if an application has done 'mount(FILE1, FILE2, NULL, MS_BIND, 0)' before being checkpointed, then after restart FILE1 may no longer be bind-mounted onto FILE2.


[edit] Supported Architectures

  • x86-32, x86-64
  • PowerPC
  • s390x
  • ARM

Click here for information about architecture specific.

[edit] What is Implemented

Task and processess

  • multiple processes and threads
  • zombie processes
  • process ids (pid, pgid, sid)
  • futexes (pi, robust, plain)
  • signals (signal handling, pending signals)
  • credentials (userid, group, POSIX capabilities)

Namespaces

  • user-ns, ipc-ns, uts-ns, net-ns: multiple namespaces
  • pid-ns: a single namespace is supported (extension for nested pid-ns will be done in user-space).

File descriptors

  • regular files and directories:
    • ext2, ext3, ext4
    • affs, befs, bfs, btrfs, cramfs, ecryptfs, fat, freevxfs, hfs, hfsplus, hpfs, hppfs, iso, jffs2, jfs, regular, ntfs, openromfs, qnx4, reiserfs, romfs, squashfs, sysv, ubifs, udf, xfs
  • pipes, FIFOs
  • open devices:
    • /dev/null, zero, random, urandom
    • Unix98 ptys
  • special file descriptors:
    • epoll fd
    • event fd

Networking

  • unix sockets
  • ipv4, ipv6 sockets (except time-wait sockets)
  • veth, macvlan, loopback devices and addresses

IPv4 supports live migration between hosts.

Miscellaneous

  • SYSV IPC
    • message queues
    • semaphores (patches for 'undo' queued)
    • shared memory

Security

  • Smack and SELinux LSM labels

[edit] What is NOT implemented

(please make each a link to a page describing issues, a design for solving, how we will detect it to refuse checkpoint if we will not support it, and "how ugly it will make the kernel". The table summarizes these details. )

Not Implemented Refuses to Checkpoint
(Yes/No) 		Anticipated Solution Impact
mounts namespaces Yes Clean (the dirty work will be in mounts themselves)
mounts No postponed
time-wait inet sockets No

Clean, not high priority.

unlinked files and directories Yes

Not trivial, but shouldn't be ugly (discussion)

inotify Yes Probably gross due to watches attaching to inodes
fanotify Yes
dnotify Yes
FUSE Yes Clean but requires per-FUSE-filesystem support
network and distributed filesystems Yes
SYSV IPC: semaphore undo No Patches on the list already.
netlink Yes Clean, low priority.
new, expiremental, and/or
infrastructure-oriented network protocols 		Yes Ignore
file locks Yes Patches on the list already
file leases Yes Patches on the list already
fowner+sigio Yes Trivial and clean.
ptraced tasks Yes Expect small impact on kernel code.
async-io Yes
restart of 64-bit task from
32-bit task and vice versa 		Yes Probably in userspace
inet6 sockets Yes Previously supported, just need
to add it back in. minor.
Hardware devices
other than those mentioned above.
Includes mmap, /dev/foo, Infiniband devices 		Yes (mostly) One idea, very low priority
System-specific files in sysfs
(things like UUID files) 		Yes
time namespace N/A
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