linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/11] fs: use freeze

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.1711301740000.11505@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:41:35 +0100 (CET)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Yu Chen <yu.chen.surf@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] fs: use freeze_fs on suspend/hibernate

On Fri, 1 Dec 2017, Yu Chen wrote:

> BTW, is nfs able to be included in this set? I also encountered a 
> freeze() failure due to nfs access during that stage recently.

The freezer usage in NFS is magnitudes more complicated, so it makes sense 
to first go after the lower hanging fruit to figure out the viability of 
the whole aproach in practice.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs