linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 17/27] ext4: Convert to new freezing mechanism

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Date:	Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:13:40 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	dchinner@...hat.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/27] ext4: Convert to new freezing mechanism

On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 12:30:31AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> We remove most of frozen checks since upper layer takes care of blocking all
> writes. We have to handle protection in ext4_page_mkwrite() in a special way
> because we cannot use generic block_page_mkwrite(). Also we add a freeze
> protection to ext4_evict_inode() so that iput() of unlinked inode cannot modify
> a frozen filesystem (we cannot easily instrument ext4_journal_start() /
> ext4_journal_stop() with freeze protection because we are missing the
> superblock pointer in ext4_journal_stop() in nojournal mode).
> 
> CC: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
> CC: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/897421
> Tested-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
> Tested-by: Peter M. Petrakis <peter.petrakis@...onical.com>
> Tested-by: Dann Frazier <dann.frazier@...onical.com>
> Tested-by: Massimo Morana <massimo.morana@...onical.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Acked-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>

						- Ted
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