Re: [PATCH] xfstests: 277 new test to check freeze/unfreeze works well or not under heavy load.

Dave Chinner
2011-12-09T07:17:04Z

On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 02:52:31PM +0900, Masayoshi MIZUMA wrote:
> Hi,
>
> unfreeze function, thaw_super(), sometimes hangs up if flush kernel
> thread does writeback to the same filesystem concurrently.
> (the problem is reported at
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4&m=132339590004560&w=2)
>
> This test runs freeze/unfreeze under heavy load. If the problem is
> reproduced, this test will hang up...

This is effectively a duplicate of test 068, which is currently
described as an XFS only test. It is actually generic now that
xfs_freeze works on other filesytsems, so please update 068
appropriately rather that introducing a new test.

Cheers,

Dave

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