Re: [RFC v2 4/6] fs: distinguish between user initiated freeze and kernel initiated freeze

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Apr 20 2021 - 08:49:22 EST

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Wouldn't it be simpler to just add a new flag to signal a kernel
initiated freeze, or even better the exact reason (suspend) instead of
overloading the state machine?

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