Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add timeout feature

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Hi!

> I still disagree with this whole patch.  There is not reason to let
> the freeze request timeout - an auto-unfreezing will only confuse the
> hell out of the caller.  The only reason where the current XFS freeze
> call can hang and this would be theoretically useful is when the

What happens when someone dirties so much data that vm swaps out
whatever process that frozen the filesystem?

I though that was why the timeout was there...
							Pavel
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