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Currently we support Unix socket of all kinds, UDP both IPv4 and IPv6 and TCP in Listen and (!) [[TCP connection|Established states]].

Currently we support Unix socket of all kinds, UDP both IPv4 and IPv6 and TCP in Listen and (!) [[TCP connection|Established states]].

The cpt part uses the sock_diag engine that was merged to Dave recently to

The cpt part uses the sock_diag engine to collect extended information about socket. Then it drains sockets from the target tasks using SCM_RIGHTS sending.

collect sockets. Then it dumps sockets by checking the filesystem ID of a

such tricks with opens through proc) against SOCKFS_TYPE.

The restore part is more tricky. Listen sockets are just restored, this is simple.

The restore part of Unix sockets is the most tricky part. Listen sockets are just restored, this is simple.

Connected sockets are restored like this:

Connected sockets are restored like this:

# ... all listening sockets call accept() and ... dup2 the new fd into the accepting end.

# ... all listening sockets call accept() and ... dup2 the new fd into the accepting end.

There's a problem with this approach -- socket names are not preserved, but

There's a problem with this approach -- socket names are not preserved, but looking into our OpenVZ implementation I think this is OK for existing apps.

looking into our OpenVZ implementation I think this is OK for existing apps.

 

 

[[Category:Under the hood]]

[[Category:Under the hood]]