Messages in this thread | | | From | "Takashi Sato" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add timeout feature | Date | Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:12:51 +0900 |
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Hi,
jim owens wrote: > In addition to the user controllable timeout mechanism, > we internally implement AUTO-THAW in the filesystem > whenever necessary to prevent a kernel hang/crash. > > If an AUTO-THAW occurs, we post to the log and an > event manager so the user knows the snapshot is bad.
I am interested in AUTO-THAW. What is the difference between the timeout and AUTO-THAW? When the kernel detects a deadlock, does it occur to solve it?
Cheers, Takashi
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