Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-rc8-mm1 00/15] IPC: code rewrite + new functionalities

2008-02-04 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! >>> As the namespaces and the "containers" are being integrated in the >>> kernel, these functionalities may be a first step to implement the >>> checkpoint/restart of an application: in fact the existing API does not >>> allow >>> to specify or to change an ID when creating an IPC, when

Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-rc8-mm1 00/15] IPC: code rewrite + new functionalities

2008-02-04 Thread Benjamin Thery
Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! * Patches 9 to 15 propose to add some functionalities, and thus are submitted here for RFC, about both the interest and their implementation. These functionalities are: - Two new control-commands: . IPC_SETID: to change an IPC's id. . IPC_SETALL: beha

Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-rc8-mm1 00/15] IPC: code rewrite + new functionalities

2008-02-04 Thread Pierre Peiffer
Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > >> * Patches 9 to 15 propose to add some functionalities, and thus are >> submitted here for RFC, about both the interest and their implementation. >> These functionalities are: >> - Two new control-commands: >> . IPC_SETID: to change an IPC's id. >> . I

Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-rc8-mm1 00/15] IPC: code rewrite + new functionalities

2008-02-02 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > * Patches 9 to 15 propose to add some functionalities, and thus are > submitted here for RFC, about both the interest and their implementation. > These functionalities are: > - Two new control-commands: > . IPC_SETID: to change an IPC's id. > . IPC_SETALL: behaves as IPC_SET,

[PATCH 2.6.24-rc8-mm1 00/15] IPC: code rewrite + new functionalities

2008-01-29 Thread pierre . peiffer
Hi, Here is a patchset about the IPC, which proposes to consolidate some part of the existing code and to add some functionalities. * Patches 1 to 8 don't change the existing behavior, but propose to rewrite some parts of the existing code. In fact, the three kinds of IPC (semaphores, mes