perf(tfork): scope pre-fork writeback to the source filesystem - #8
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Stabilize live tfork source freezing
…-main Stabilize single-copy tfork clone path
Rewrite tclone setup for Gensee Crate
Clarify Gensee tclone host setup
Initialize temporary CRIU process UIDs
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Summary
syncwithsyncfson the source container rootfs;globalmode and an experimentalnonemode;PODMAN_TFORK_SYNC_MODE=syncfs|global|none;coverage.
Why
The old global barrier runs while the source is frozen and can flush unrelated
filesystems and workloads.
syncfspreserves filesystem-wide writeback for thesource backing filesystem without paying for every filesystem on the host.
Performance
Ten interleaved real-Webtop pairs measured:
syncsyncfsCRIU latency was unchanged, confirming that this removes outer filesystem
writeback rather than snapshot work.
Correctness and durability
All 30 synthetic forks passed across global,
syncfs, and no-sync modes. Thematrix covered 64 MiB buffered dirties,
MAP_SHAREDdirties withoutmsync,rename, a 1-GiB sparse file, inheritance, and child/source isolation.
syncfsstill flushes the complete filesystem, not only the rootfs directory.Sources using multiple independent mounts require one barrier per participating
filesystem. The no-sync mode is not a durable production default. A disposable
VM power-cut test remains the final crash-durability gate.