[dm-devel] Re: [PATCH 2.6.19 5/5] fs: freeze_bdev with semaphore not mutex

Pavel Machek pavel at ucw.cz
Thu Nov 16 23:38:53 UTC 2006


Hi!

> > > > I think I'll prepare a patch for freezing the work queues and we'll see what
> > > > to do next.
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > 
> > Okay, the patch follows.
> > 
> > I've been running it for some time on my boxes and it doesn't seem to break
> > anything.  However, I don't use XFS, so well ...
> 
> So you haven't actually tested whether it fixes anything or whether
> it introduces any regressions?

Noone has a testcase for a problem; swsusp just does not eat
filesystems in practice. Fill free to test the patch, but I'm pretty
sure it will not break anything.
								Pavel
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