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Re: [Qemu-stable] [PATCH] qga: ignore EBUSY when freezing a filesystem


From: Paolo Bonzini
Subject: Re: [Qemu-stable] [PATCH] qga: ignore EBUSY when freezing a filesystem
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 10:31:36 -0800
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On 03/02/2017 00:20, Peter Lieven wrote:
> Am 02.02.2017 um 22:41 schrieb Paolo Bonzini:
>>
>> On 31/01/2017 07:36, Peter Lieven wrote:
>>> the current implementation fails if we try to freeze an
>>> already frozen filesystem. This can happen if a filesystem
>>> is mounted more than once (e.g. with a bind mount).
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Christian Theune <address@hidden>
>>> Cc: address@hidden
>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Lieven <address@hidden>
>> What happens when you thaw?
>>
>> Paolo
> 
> If you try to THAW an unfrozen FS you get EINVAL.
> The current code thaws until an error is returned.
> 
> So it should work as is.
> 
> If you feel uncomfortable with the EBUSY approach. The other idea would
> be to track all devices which have been successfully frozen and skip 
> consecutive
> tries to freeze them.

No, just asking.

Reeviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>



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