From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753450AbaBLQkn (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:40:43 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:50483 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753075AbaBLQkl (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:40:41 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:41:57 -0800 From: Greg KH To: "K. Y. Srinivasan" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@linuxdriverproject.org, olaf@aepfle.de, apw@canonical.com, jasowang@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Tools: hv: vssdaemon: Ignore VFAT mounts during the Freeze operation Message-ID: <20140212164157.GC22377@kroah.com> References: <1392223222-18037-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1392223222-18037-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 08:40:22AM -0800, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > If the guest has a FAT file system mounted, skip it during the FREEZE > operation. With this change we can support host initiated backup of > the guest even when the guest may have FAT file systems mounted. > > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan > --- > tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c | 2 ++ > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c > index 520de3304..6a213b8 100644 > --- a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c > +++ b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c > @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ static int vss_operate(int operation) > continue; > if (strcmp(ent->mnt_type, "iso9660") == 0) > continue; > + if (strcmp(ent->mnt_type, "vfat") == 0) > + continue; Why should the filesystem type matter here at all? thanks, greg k-h