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Wed Nov 21 14:10:37 CST 2012
In Linux kernel version 2.6.29, the interface which XFS
uses to freeze and unfreeze was elevated to the VFS, so that
this tool can now be used on many other Linux filesystems.
> > If you can't unfreeze the root filesystem by running xfs-freeze -u
> > immediately afterwards then that's a filesystem bug, not a problem
> > with the userspace command.
>
> It may also be a good idea to point out in the man page that you should be
> extremely careful running this if you are not logged in
> interactively, even a
> disconnected ssh session will prevent you running xfs_freeze -u to manually
> unfreeze the root filesystem.
Sure. Patches are welcome. ;)
Cheers,
Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david at fromorbit.com
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