RE: [Xen-devel] Error in XendCheckpoint: failed to flush file

["Graham, Simon" <Simon.Graham@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Use of the live flag to gate the flush/sync calls is not a good idea.
> We can
> 'live save' to disc (checkpointing) and we can 'non-live migrate' via
a
> socket. So the live flag is not really an indicator of what the file
> descriptor maps to (file vs. socket). Best to unconditionally try the
> flush/sync and ignore errors.
> 

OK. Do you think it's worth checking the fd type with stat and only
doing the flush/fadvise if it's not a socket?

/simgr

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