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From: Paulo Marques <pmarques@grupopie.com>
To: Libor Vanek <libor@conet.cz>
Cc: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Read from file fails
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 19:45:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4097E4DD.6090904@grupopie.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20040504011957.GA20676@Loki

Libor Vanek wrote:

> Using kernel module:
> - user space process wants to change some file which is in "snapshoted" dir
> - my module catches this request, holds it, creates copy of original file and allows original request to proceed


Did you take a look at LVM snapshots?

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshotintro.html

Maybe your problem is already solved...

Anyway, you really shouldn't worry about the time it takes to make a context 
switch when you want to copy a file on modify ;)

-- 
Paulo Marques - www.grupopie.com
"In a world without walls and fences who needs windows and gates?"


  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-05-04 18:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-03  0:00 Read from file fails Libor Vanek
2004-05-03 13:11 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-05-03 15:06   ` Libor Vanek
2004-05-04  0:47     ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-05-04  1:19       ` Libor Vanek
2004-05-04 13:49         ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-05-05 10:34           ` Libor Vanek
2004-05-04 14:31         ` Bart Samwel
2004-05-05  9:54           ` Libor Vanek
2004-05-05 10:04             ` Bart Samwel
2004-05-05 10:19               ` Libor Vanek
2004-05-05 10:45                 ` Bart Samwel
2004-05-05 11:22                   ` Libor Vanek
2004-05-05 11:50                     ` Bart Samwel
2004-05-05 10:54                 ` Denis Vlasenko
2004-05-05 11:58                   ` Michael Clark
2004-05-04 18:45         ` Paulo Marques [this message]
2004-05-05  9:47           ` Libor Vanek

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