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This page is very important (I believe). It describes what can change in a tasks' environment after a C/R cycle. If a software you're using depends on either item from the list below, it may break after C/R
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This page is very important (I believe). It describes what can change in a tasks' environment after a C/R cycle. If a software you're using depends on either item from the list below, it may break after C/R. The list is incomplete, but we do our best to make it contain relevant data.
  
 
; Per-task statistics
 
; Per-task statistics
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; Mount points IDs
 
; Mount points IDs
 
: The numbers from first 2 columns of <code>/proc/$pid/mountinfo</code>
 
: The numbers from first 2 columns of <code>/proc/$pid/mountinfo</code>
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; Sockets IDs
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: If you stat() a file descriptor with a socket the st_ino value can be used as unique socket ID. This value does changes after C/R as these IDs are global and we have no API to restore one.

Revision as of 19:01, 26 November 2013

This page is very important (I believe). It describes what can change in a tasks' environment after a C/R cycle. If a software you're using depends on either item from the list below, it may break after C/R. The list is incomplete, but we do our best to make it contain relevant data.

Per-task statistics
Various counters, that can be obtained via /proc/$pid/status or getrusage()
Namespaces' IDs
Numbers you see in the /proc/$pid/ns/* links' targets
Process start time
It's in the 22nd field of the /proc/$pid/stat file
Mount points IDs
The numbers from first 2 columns of /proc/$pid/mountinfo
Sockets IDs
If you stat() a file descriptor with a socket the st_ino value can be used as unique socket ID. This value does changes after C/R as these IDs are global and we have no API to restore one.