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From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dm-devel@redhat.com,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Srinivasa DS <srinivasa@in.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19 5/5] fs: freeze_bdev with semaphore not mutex
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:45:07 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45510C73.7060408@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061107122837.54828e24.akpm@osdl.org>

Andrew Morton wrote:

>> --- linux-2.6.19-rc4.orig/fs/buffer.c	2006-11-07 17:06:20.000000000 +0000
>> +++ linux-2.6.19-rc4/fs/buffer.c	2006-11-07 17:26:04.000000000 +0000
>> @@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct b
>>  {
>>  	struct super_block *sb;
>>  
>> -	mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mount_mutex);
>> +	if (down_trylock(&bdev->bd_mount_sem))
>> +		return -EBUSY;
>> +
> 
> This is a functional change which isn't described in the changelog.  What's
> happening here?

Only allow one bdev-freezer in at a time, rather than queueing them up?

-Eric

  reply	other threads:[~2006-11-07 22:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-11-07 18:34 [PATCH 2.6.19 5/5] fs: freeze_bdev with semaphore not mutex Alasdair G Kergon
2006-11-07 20:18 ` [dm-devel] " Mike Snitzer
2006-11-07 20:22   ` Eric Sandeen
2006-11-07 23:34   ` Alasdair G Kergon
2006-11-07 20:28 ` Andrew Morton
2006-11-07 22:45   ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
2006-11-07 23:00     ` Andrew Morton
2006-11-08  9:54       ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-01-12  6:23       ` Srinivasa Ds
2007-01-12 10:16       ` Srinivasa Ds
2006-11-07 23:05     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-07 23:18       ` Eric Sandeen
2006-11-07 23:42         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-08  0:01           ` Alasdair G Kergon
2006-11-08  8:27             ` David Chinner
2006-11-08 14:25               ` Alasdair G Kergon
2006-11-08 14:43                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-08 15:25                   ` Alasdair G Kergon
2006-11-08 23:06                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-07 23:49       ` Alasdair G Kergon
2006-11-08  0:00         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-08  3:33           ` David Chinner
2006-11-08  2:30         ` Alasdair G Kergon
2006-11-08 12:10           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-08 18:09             ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-09 15:52               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-09 16:00                 ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-09 19:59                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-09 21:17                     ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-09 21:18                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-09 21:41                         ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-09 22:21                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-09 23:11                             ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-09 23:24                               ` Alasdair G Kergon
2006-11-09 23:32                                 ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-10 12:03                                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-12 18:43                                     ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-12 21:53                                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-12 23:30                                       ` David Chinner
2006-11-13 16:11                                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-15 18:50                                         ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-15 19:56                                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-15 20:00                                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-15 20:23                                               ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-15 21:58                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-15 22:49                                                   ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-16 23:20                                                   ` David Chinner
2006-11-16 23:38                                                     ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-13  7:35                                       ` Stefan Seyfried
2006-11-10  0:57                             ` David Chinner
2006-11-10 10:39                               ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-12 22:30                                 ` David Chinner
2006-11-12 22:43                                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-13  5:43                                     ` David Chinner
2006-11-13 16:22                                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-14  0:10                                         ` David Chinner
2006-11-16 23:23                                     ` David Chinner
2006-11-16 23:40                                       ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-17  1:40                                         ` David Chinner
2006-11-17 15:13                                           ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-10  0:54                       ` David Chinner
2006-11-10 10:24                       ` Alan Cox
2006-11-10 10:36                         ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-10  0:33                   ` David Chinner
2006-11-10 10:38                     ` Pavel Machek
2006-11-08 20:48             ` Nigel Cunningham
2006-11-08 21:08               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-07 23:23   ` Alasdair G Kergon
2006-11-07 23:39   ` Ingo Molnar

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