From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [10.34.131.206] (dhcp131-206.brq.redhat.com [10.34.131.206]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t84B5YaT030409 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 07:05:35 -0400 References: From: Zdenek Kabelac Message-ID: <55E97AFE.6010009@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 13:05:34 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Does LVM always do 'dm suspend' when lvcreating a thin snapshot? Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development Dne 4.9.2015 v 00:04 Mike McCracken napsal(a): > When creating a thin snapshot of a thin volume, does LVM always freeze the FS? > > I see when I run lvcreate with -vvv that it sends the 'dm suspend' message to > the origin lv, but on looking at the code I wasn't quite able to convince > myself that it will always do that, or under what circumstances it won't. > Hi Yes - suspend of thin's snapshot origin is always enforced as you normally want snapshot FS to be in consistent state. Zdenek