Re: Freezing File Systems

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Hello,

I want to freeze a file system. I have seen a field in vfs superblock
> s_frozen.
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> But i am clue less about freezing the file system using that.
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freeze_bdev function ( fs/buffer.c) lock a filesystem and force it into a
consistent state ...
Above function use s_frozen flag to freez the file system ...


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Hello,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I want to freeze a file system. I have seen a field in vfs superblock s_frozen.<br>

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But i am clue less about freezing the file system using that.<br>
</blockquote><div><br><br>freeze_bdev function ( fs/buffer.c) lock a filesystem and force it into a consistent state ...<br>Above function use s_frozen flag to freez the file system ...<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Rishi B. Agrawal<br>
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