linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Allow SysRq emergency sync to thaw frozen filesystems

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Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:21:47 -0600
From:	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	t-sato@...jp.nec.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow SysRq emergency sync to thaw frozen filesystems

On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 21:49 -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:06:17 -0600
> > Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com> wrote:

> >> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/char/sysrq.c
> >> ===================================================================
> >> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/char/sysrq.c
> >> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/sysrq.c
> >> @@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_reboot_
> >>  
> >>  static void sysrq_handle_sync(int key, struct tty_struct *tty)
> >>  {
> >> +	emergency_thaw();
> >>  	emergency_sync();
> >>  }
> > 
> > Kind of weird.   The thaw will happen after/during the sync().
> 
> oh, hrm.  Maybe I didn't think enough about how it's handed off to
> pdflush; I could rearrange if that makes sense?  Or maybe handing to
> pdflush is wrong, it was just so convenient....

I don't understand the reason for handing it to pdflush.  I would expect
thaw to be very fast.  Do we expect it to block anywhere, and if so, for
very long?  Not that I see any problem with it.

Shaggy
-- 
David Kleikamp
IBM Linux Technology Center

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