linux-kernel - [RFC 4/5] ext4: add fs freezing support on suspend/hibernation

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Date:   Tue,  3 Oct 2017 11:53:12 -0700
From:   "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, bart.vanassche@....com,
        ming.lei@...hat.com, tytso@....edu, darrick.wong@...cle.com,
        jikos@...nel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net, pavel@....cz,
        len.brown@...el.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
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        todd.e.brandt@...ux.intel.com, nborisov@...e.com, jack@...e.cz,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, ONeukum@...e.com,
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        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
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        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Subject: [RFC 4/5] ext4: add fs freezing support on suspend/hibernation

This also removes the superflous freezer calls as they are no longer
needed. We need to avoid sync call on thaw as otherwise we end up with
a stall on bio_submit().

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 3cc5635d00cc..03d3bbd27dae 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ static struct file_system_type ext2_fs_type = {
 	.name		= "ext2",
 	.mount		= ext4_mount,
 	.kill_sb	= kill_block_super,
-	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV,
+	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV |
+			  FS_FREEZE_ON_SUSPEND,
 };
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext2");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ext2");
@@ -134,7 +135,8 @@ static struct file_system_type ext3_fs_type = {
 	.name		= "ext3",
 	.mount		= ext4_mount,
 	.kill_sb	= kill_block_super,
-	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV,
+	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV |
+			  FS_FREEZE_ON_SUSPEND,
 };
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext3");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ext3");
@@ -2979,8 +2981,6 @@ static int ext4_lazyinit_thread(void *arg)
 		}
 		mutex_unlock(&eli->li_list_mtx);
 
-		try_to_freeze();
-
 		cur = jiffies;
 		if ((time_after_eq(cur, next_wakeup)) ||
 		    (MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET == next_wakeup)) {
@@ -4926,7 +4926,7 @@ static int ext4_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb)
 		ext4_set_feature_journal_needs_recovery(sb);
 	}
 
-	ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+	ext4_commit_super(sb, 0);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -5771,7 +5771,8 @@ static struct file_system_type ext4_fs_type = {
 	.name		= "ext4",
 	.mount		= ext4_mount,
 	.kill_sb	= kill_block_super,
-	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV,
+	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV |
+			  FS_FREEZE_ON_SUSPEND,
 };
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext4");
 
-- 
2.14.0