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From: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com>
To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] snapshot of Reiserfs
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 12:07:31 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2169260000.982775251@tiny> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200102211644.f1LGiee31545@webber.adilger.net>


On Wednesday, February 21, 2001 09:44:39 AM -0700 Andreas Dilger
<adilger@turbolinux.com> wrote:

> Given that the VFS support for the *unlockfs methods is included in 2.4.1,
> this should probably become something like:
> 
> /* lvm_do_lv_create calls fsync_dev_lockfs()/unlockfs() */
> #if LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,4,1)
> #define	LVM_VFS_ENHANCEMENT
> #else
> /* Need to apply a kernel patch to add lockfs/unlockfs VFS methods */
> /* #define	LVM_VFS_ENHANCEMENT */
> #endif
> 

I like this idea.

> Also, if the sync_supers_lockfs() method is changed to call write_super()
> if write_super_lockfs() doesn't exist, like:
> 

The fsync_dev_lockfs call does this for us, if there is no
write_super_lockfs provided, fsync_dev_lockfs is effectively the same as
calling fsync_dev.

-chris

  reply	other threads:[~2001-02-21 17:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-20 22:49 [linux-lvm] *** ANNOUNCEMENT *** LVM 0.9.1 beta5 available at www.sistina.com Heinz J. Mauelshagen
2001-02-21  4:19 ` [linux-lvm] snapshot of Reiserfs lvm, lvm
2001-02-21  8:59   ` Patrick Caulfield
2001-02-21 14:04     ` lvm
2001-02-21 14:11       ` Patrick Caulfield
2001-02-21 15:34         ` Chris Mason
2001-02-21 16:05           ` lvm
2001-02-21 16:12           ` Patrick Caulfield
2001-02-21 16:44     ` Andreas Dilger
2001-02-21 17:07       ` Chris Mason [this message]
2001-02-21 18:55         ` Andreas Dilger
2001-02-21 19:17           ` Chris Mason
2001-02-21 23:23             ` Andreas Dilger
2001-02-22 17:12               ` Chris Mason
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-05-20  6:31 [linux-lvm] Snapshot of ReiserFS Dietmar Stein
2001-02-19 16:11 [linux-lvm] snapshot of Reiserfs lvm
2001-02-19 16:12 ` Joe Thornber
2001-02-19 17:04   ` Christoph Hellwig
2001-02-19 16:59     ` Joe Thornber

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