linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] Re: [linux-lvm] 2.6.22-rc4 XFS fails after hibernate/resume

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:30:19 +0100
From:	David Greaves <david@...eaves.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	David Chinner <dgc@....com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	linux-pm <linux-pm@...ts.osdl.org>,
	"'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	xfs@....sgi.com, LinuxRaid <linux-raid@...r.kernel.org>,
	LVM general discussion and development 
	<linux-lvm@...hat.com>, David Robinson <zxvdr.au@...il.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] Re: [linux-lvm] 2.6.22-rc4 XFS fails after hibernate/resume

Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Friday, 29 June 2007 09:54, David Greaves wrote:
>> David Chinner wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 08:40:00AM +0100, David Greaves wrote:
>>>> What happens if a filesystem is frozen and I hibernate?
>>>> Will it be thawed when I resume?
>>> If you froze it yourself, then you'll have to thaw it yourself.
>> So hibernate will not attempt to re-freeze a frozen fs and, during resume, it 
>> will only thaw filesystems that were frozen by the suspend?
> 
> Right now it doesn't freeze (or thaw) any filesystems.  It just sync()s them
> before creating the hibernation image.
Thanks. Yes I realise that :)
I wasn't clear, I should have said:
So hibernate should not attempt to re-freeze a frozen fs and, during resume, it
should only thaw filesystems that were frozen by the suspend.


> However, the fact that you've seen corruption with the XFS filesystems frozen
> before the hibernation indicates that the problem occurs on a lower level.
And that was why I chimed in - I don't think freezing fixes the problem (though 
it may make sense for other reasons).

David


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