[Snaps] Secure snapshot sharing

[xmarcalx]

Feature Request

This feature allow to resume different VMs while sharing the same snapshot on the host, reducing the amount of snapshots to store.
This issue will track the activities to achieve such goal.

Describe the desired solution

Allow Firecracker to safely boot multiple VM sharing the same snapshot file

Describe possible alternatives

There is currently no alternative which allow firecracker to share safely the same snapshot for multiple VMs to resume.

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[xmarcalx]

Closing this issue because will not be done.
In mid 2023 we performed some investigations on the topic and realized that safe and performant implementation of this functionality can not be generalized and it is UFFD handler implementation dependent.