Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add timeout feature | From | Olaf Frączyk <> | Date | Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:59:20 +0200 |
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On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 08:24 -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 09:49:58PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote: > > (e) none of the above. The kernel compilation will appear to pause > > until the filesystem is unfrozen. No other visible effect should > > occur. It will get blocked in a write or filesystem transaction > > because the fs is frozen. > > So if the process which froze the filesystem accidentally tries > writing to a log file (or database file containing the backup > information, or whatever) that happens to be on the filesystem that is > frozen, that process will get blocked and you end up in a deadlock; > did I get that right? Where do you see the deadlock? The process doesn't have a lock on filesystem or something. You can always unfreeze from another process.
Regards,
Olaf -- Olaf Frączyk <olaf@cbk.poznan.pl>
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