Re: [PATCH] xfs_metadump: manpage fix regarding frozen fs

[Eric Sandeen <esandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 19, 2013, at 3:20 PM, Ben Myers <bpm@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey Eric,
> 
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 09:16:52PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> The xfs_metadump manpage states that metadump works
>> on a frozen filesystem; it does not.  In fact, there is
>> no way to detect a frozen filesystem, so we can't make it
>> work, either.
>> 
>> So just remove this from the manpage; unmounted or RO
>> mounted is what is enforced by xfs_metadump.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I gave this a try and it *seemed* to work fine on a frozen filesystem.
> Can you provide a bit of detail about why xfs_metadump doesn't work on
> frozen filesystems?  What am I missing?
> 

Hum, when I tried it it didn't work.  I can retest, but AFAIK there is no way 
to detect a frozen fs in the first place, so how could it work?

-Eric

> Thanks,
>    Ben