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[dm-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add timeout feature

From: Pavel Machek <pavel suse cz>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch infradead org>
Cc: axboe kernel dk, Takashi Sato <t-sato yk jp nec com>, mtk manpages googlemail com, "linux-kernel vger kernel org" <linux-kernel vger kernel org>, "xfs oss sgi com" <xfs oss sgi com>, "dm-devel redhat com" <dm-devel redhat com>, viro ZenIV linux org uk, "linux-fsdevel vger kernel org" <linux-fsdevel vger kernel org>, akpm linux-foundation org, "linux-ext4 vger kernel org" <linux-ext4 vger kernel org>
Subject: [dm-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add timeout feature
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:07:31 +0200

Hi!

> I still disagree with this whole patch.  There is not reason to let
> the freeze request timeout - an auto-unfreezing will only confuse the
> hell out of the caller.  The only reason where the current XFS freeze
> call can hang and this would be theoretically useful is when the

What happens when someone dirties so much data that vm swaps out
whatever process that frozen the filesystem?

I though that was why the timeout was there...
							Pavel
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