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From: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com>
To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] can't snap a mounted (reiserfs|ext3) with kernel 2.2.x
Date: Sat Aug 24 14:20:01 2002	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1030216872.17780.89.camel@tiny> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020824090719.GA5327@tykepenguin.com>

On Sat, 2002-08-24 at 05:07, Patrick Caulfield wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 11:56:45AM +0200, Thierry VOYAT wrote:
> > I need to unmount the lvm partition before i can realize a valid
> > snapshot of a journalized fs (reiserfs or ext)
> > All works fine with ext2 :
> > 
> > I known there was a patch for kernel 2.4.x for VFS-lock but nothing for
> > kenel 2.2.x series.
> > 
> > I can't upgrade to kernel 2.4. What can i do ?
> 
> I don't think there is such a thing as the VFS lock patch for 2.2 (unless Chris
> Mason knows otherwise!). 
> 
> In which case, Im afraid, you're stuck.

We do have patch in the 2.2.x suse kernel to add the lockfs calls to the
kernel, but not a reiserfs patch to use them.  Anyone know if 2.2.x ext3
provides a lockfs call?

-chris

      reply	other threads:[~2002-08-24 14:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-08-23  5:01 [linux-lvm] can't snap a mounted (reiserfs|ext3) with kernel 2.2.x Thierry VOYAT
2002-08-24  4:08 ` Patrick Caulfield
2002-08-24 14:20   ` Chris Mason [this message]

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