Re: [PATCH 00/11] fs: use freeze_fs on suspend/hibernate

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> Proposed solution:
> 
> Instead of fixing such semantics and trying to get all filesystems to do it
> right, we can easily do away with all freezing calls if the filesystem
> implements a proper freeze_fs() callback. The following 9 filesystems have
> freeze_fs() implemented as such we can let the kernel issue the callback upon
> suspend and thaw on resume automatically on our behalf.
> 
>   o xfs
>   o reiserfs
>   o nilfs2
>   o jfs
>   o f2fs
>   o ext4
>   o ext2
>   o btrfs
> 
> Of these, the following have freezer helpers, which can then be removed
> after the kernel automaticaly calls freeze_fs for us on suspend:
> 
>   o xfs
>   o nilfs2
>   o jfs
>   o f2fs
>   o ext4
> 
> I've tested this on a system with ext4 and XFS, and have let 0-day go at
> without issues. I have branches availabe for linux-next [3] and Linus'
> latest tree [4].

Was hibernation tested? uswsusp?

									Pavel
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