>> Hi,
>> I am testing LVM Snapshot on XFS filesystem with
>> RedHat kernel 2.4.18. I am able to create snapshot
>> fine, if i execute the commands in the order
>> xfs_freeze -f /volumes/vol1
>> lvcreate -s -L1G -nsnap /dev/volume1/vol
>> xfs_freeze -u /volumes/vol1
>> where
>> /volumes/vol1 = Mounted XFS filesystem
>> /dev/volume1/vol is LV with VG volume1
>> But when I execute the command
>> dd if=/dev/zero of=/volumes/vol1/img1 bs=1M count=1000
>> in one shell and the above commands in other shell
>> xfs_freeze is succeeded, but then lvcreate is getting
>> locked up.
>> This is getting freed when i execute xfs_freeze -u
>> /volumes/vol1 in another shell.
>> Is there a way to make these commands work
>> independently.
>> Your help is greatly appreciated
>> Tbanks in advance
>> -Suresh
Suresh,
What version of XFS are you using.
My experience is that XFS 1.1 has the problem you are experiencing, but the XFS
1.2 pre-release has it resolved.
I admit to not personally having tested it in several months.
Greg Freemyer
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