Re: Expand VM

[User &]

Hi Valdis

Create a new VMA on Linux B for Linux A is easy , but i have a problem , the 
address of VMA is returned on Linux B , so the VMA created on Linux B can not 
be used for process of linux A.
The problem is "how can i return address of VMA created on LINUX B to Linux 
A , and use this space ?".

Thanks
Breno

On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:55:38 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks wrote
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:56:27 -0300, User & 
> <[e-mail]>  said:
> 
> > I have one idea , and this is about expand virtual memory on linux boxes 
> > connected in LAN.
> > Example: Linux A is processing come information , and need more memory , 
so 
> > with this source , Linux A could access virtual memory on Linux B in LAN.
> 
> We've seen *this* done before (remember diskless Sun3-50's?) - the /dev/swap
> file would be a large file on an NFS mount from a server.  At the 
> time, this actually made performance sense, because the old 
> 'Shoebox' drives the -50 came with were incredibly slow, and you 
> could actually do an NFS operation to a larger server (a -280 with 
> Fujitsu SuperEagle disks, for instance) faster than talking to the 
> local disk.
> 
> These days, it's probably easier and cheaper to just buy more RAM 
> and/or disk for Linux A.
> 
> > But i donīt know how translate the virtual address between Linux A and 
B , to 
> > have success in acess VM, or how to send all the process for Linux B to 
be 
> > processed.
> 
> Sending the whole process to Linux B to be processed is called "process
> migration", and is a difficult problem.  Moving the memory image of the
> process is usually pretty easy.  What is difficult is moving things like
> references to open files, file locks, and so on (what if the process 
> is actively writing to block 739 of /usr/foo/some.file, and the 
> LinuxB machine doesn't have a /usr/foo, or the permissions on 
> some.file don't match, or another process has it locked, or... ) 
> There be nasty dragons in this.
> 
> You're probably better off buying more RAM and disk for your A machine.
> -- 
> 				Valdis Kletnieks
> 				Computer Systems Senior Engineer
> 				Virginia Tech

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