[RFC v14-rc2][PATCH 14/29] Checkpoint multiple processes

[Oren Laadan]

Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> Oren Laadan [orenl at cs.columbia.edu] wrote:
> | From ee2f3b5c8548136229cc2f41c5271b0a81ab8a4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> | From: Oren Laadan <orenl at cs.columbia.edu>
> | Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:06:13 -0400
> | Subject: [PATCH 14/29] Checkpoint multiple processes

[...]

> | +/* count number of tasks in tree (and optionally fill pid's in array) */
> | +static int cr_tree_count_tasks(struct cr_ctx *ctx)
> | +{
> | +	struct task_struct *root = ctx->root_task;
> | +	struct task_struct *task = root;
> | +	struct task_struct *parent = NULL;
> | +	struct task_struct **tasks_arr = ctx->tasks_arr;
> | +	int tasks_nr = ctx->tasks_nr;
> | +	int nr = 0;
> | +
> | +	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> | +
> | +	/* count tasks via DFS scan of the tree */
> | +	while (1) {
> | +		if (tasks_arr) {
> | +			/* unlikely... but if so then try again later */
> | +			if (nr == tasks_nr) {
> | +				nr = -EAGAIN;	/* cleanup in cr_ctx_free() */
> | +				break;
> | +			}
> | +			tasks_arr[nr] = task;
> | +			get_task_struct(task);
> 
> Can we do an early cr_may_checkpoint_task() here ?

Sure, moved the test to here.

Oren.

> 
> Sukadev
>