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Message-ID: <20080708234120.5072111f@infradead.org> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:41:20 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> Cc: hch@...radead.org, miklos@...redi.hu, tytso@....edu, pavel@...e.cz, t-sato@...jp.nec.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com, dm-devel@...hat.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, axboe@...nel.dk, mtk.manpages@...glemail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add timeout feature On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:22:56 +0200 Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 08:13:21AM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > > This would mean that freeze and thaw will have to be done on the > > > same file descriptor, but this isn't unreasonable to expect, is > > > it? > > > > It is certainly not the current use case, where you run one command > > to freeze the filesystem and another one to unfreeze it. > > So instead of > > freeze_fs mountpoint > backup-command > unfreeze_fs mountpoint > > the user would have do to > > run_freezed mountpoint backup-command > > I find the second one nicer, regardless of any reliability issues. nah he needs to do make_snapshot ; backup-command ; unref_snapshot. freezing isn't the right solution for the backup problem ;) -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@...ux.intel.com For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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