Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754783AbYGIGtj (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:49:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751697AbYGIGt3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:49:29 -0400 Received: from fxip-0047f.externet.hu ([88.209.222.127]:42657 "EHLO pomaz-ex.szeredi.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751269AbYGIGt2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:49:28 -0400 To: arjan@infradead.org CC: miklos@szeredi.hu, hch@infradead.org, miklos@szeredi.hu, tytso@mit.edu, pavel@suse.cz, t-sato@yk.jp.nec.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com, dm-devel@redhat.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk, mtk.manpages@googlemail.com In-reply-to: <20080708234120.5072111f@infradead.org> (message from Arjan van de Ven on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:41:20 -0700) Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add timeout feature References: <20080630212450t-sato@mail.jp.nec.com> <20080701081026.GB16691@infradead.org> <20080707110730.GG5643@ucw.cz> <20080708231026.GP11558@disturbed> <20080708232031.GE18195@elf.ucw.cz> <20080709005254.GQ11558@disturbed> <20080709010922.GE9957@mit.edu> <20080709061621.GA5260@infradead.org> <20080708234120.5072111f@infradead.org> Message-Id: From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:48:42 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1000 Lines: 24 On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > nah he needs to do > > make_snapshot ; backup-command ; unref_snapshot. > > freezing isn't the right solution for the backup problem ;) Confused, what's freezing _is_ for then? Patch description says: Currently, ext3 in mainline Linux doesn't have the freeze feature which suspends write requests. So, we cannot take a backup which keeps the filesystem's consistency with the storage device's features (snapshot and replication) while it is mounted. In many case, a commercial filesystem (e.g. VxFS) has the freeze feature and it would be used to get the consistent backup. If Linux's standard filesytem ext3 has the freeze feature, we can do it without a commercial filesystem. Miklos -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/