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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Takashi Sato <t-sato@yk.jp.nec.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>,
	"linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"dm-devel@redhat.com" <dm-devel@redhat.com>,
	"viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk" <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>,
	"xfs@oss.sgi.com" <xfs@oss.sgi.com>,
	"axboe@kernel.dk" <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	"mtk.manpages@googlemail.com" <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add timeout feature
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 13:11:19 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080908171119.GB22521@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080908205337t-sato@mail.jp.nec.com>

On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 08:53:37PM +0900, Takashi Sato wrote:
> The timeout feature is added to "freeze ioctl" to solve a deadlock
> when the freezer accesses a frozen filesystem. And new ioctl
> to reset the timeout period is added to extend the timeout period.
> For example, the freezer resets the timeout period to 10 seconds every 5
> seconds.  In this approach, even if the freezer causes a deadlock by
> accessing the frozen filesystem, it will be solved by the timeout
> in 10 seconds and the freezer will be able to recognize that
> at the next reset of timeout period.

And as with all previous posting I still fundamentally disagree about
the need of this functionality.  We don't need a timeout for freezing.

  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-08 17:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-08 11:53 [PATCH 3/3] Add timeout feature Takashi Sato
2008-09-08 17:11 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2008-09-25 21:06   ` Ric Wheeler
2008-09-26  8:52     ` Takashi Sato
2008-09-26 10:58       ` Ric Wheeler
2008-09-29 11:11         ` Takashi Sato
2008-09-26 12:35       ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2008-09-29 14:13       ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-29 14:36         ` Eric Sandeen
2008-09-29 14:37           ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-29 14:45             ` Eric Sandeen
2008-09-29 22:08               ` jim owens
2008-10-05 10:00               ` Pavel Machek
2008-10-09 10:12               ` Takashi Sato
2008-10-09 10:18                 ` Christoph Hellwig
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-08-18 12:28 Takashi Sato
2008-08-21 20:20 ` Andrew Morton
2008-08-22 18:16   ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-08-24 17:03   ` Oleg Nesterov
2008-08-29  9:39   ` Takashi Sato
2008-07-22  9:36 Takashi Sato
2008-06-30 12:24 Takashi Sato
2008-07-01  8:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-07-07 11:07   ` Pavel Machek
2008-07-08 23:10     ` Dave Chinner
2008-07-08 23:20       ` Pavel Machek
2008-07-09  0:52         ` Dave Chinner
2008-07-09  1:09           ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-09  4:21             ` Brad Boyer
2008-07-09  6:13             ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-07-09  6:16               ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-07-09  6:22                 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-07-09  6:41                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-09  6:48                     ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-07-09  6:55                       ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-09  7:08                         ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-07-09 20:48                           ` Pavel Machek
2008-07-09  7:13                         ` Dave Chinner
2008-07-09 11:09                           ` Theodore Tso
     [not found]                           ` <20080709110900.GI9957@mit.edu>
2008-07-09 11:49                             ` Dave Chinner
2008-07-09 12:24                               ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-09 12:59                                 ` Olaf Frączyk
2008-07-09 13:57                                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-09 13:55                               ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-09 13:58                               ` jim owens
2008-07-09 14:13                                 ` jim owens
2008-07-13 12:06                                 ` Pavel Machek
2008-07-13 17:15                                   ` jim owens
2008-07-14  6:36                                     ` Pavel Machek
2008-07-14 13:17                                       ` jim owens
2008-07-14 13:12                                 ` Takashi Sato
2008-07-14 14:04                                   ` jim owens
2008-07-09 13:53                           ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-09  6:59                     ` Dave Chinner
2008-07-09  7:13                       ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-07-09  7:33                         ` Dave Chinner
2008-07-09  8:11                           ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-07-09 11:15                             ` Dave Chinner
2008-07-09 20:44           ` Pavel Machek
2008-06-24  7:00 Takashi Sato
2008-06-24 22:09 ` Andrew Morton
2008-06-27 11:33   ` Takashi Sato
2008-06-27 18:57     ` Andrew Morton
2008-06-29 23:13       ` Takashi Sato
2008-06-30  0:01         ` Andrew Morton

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