In lieu of the timeout feature which was originally proposed, how about access to an emergency un-freeze via magic sysrq, maybe piggy-backed on emergency sync... something like this (not tested or even built yet...), would this be a good compromise to help save people from frozen roots? -Eric Index: linux-2.6/drivers/char/sysrq.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/char/sysrq.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/sysrq.c @@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_reboot_ static void sysrq_handle_sync(int key, struct tty_struct *tty) { + emergency_thaw(); emergency_sync(); } static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_sync_op = { Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm.c @@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ static void unlock_fs(struct mapped_devi if (!test_bit(DMF_FROZEN, &md->flags)) return; - thaw_bdev(md->suspended_bdev, md->frozen_sb); + thaw_bdev(md->suspended_bdev, md->frozen_sb, 0); md->frozen_sb = NULL; clear_bit(DMF_FROZEN, &md->flags); } Index: linux-2.6/fs/buffer.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/buffer.c +++ linux-2.6/fs/buffer.c @@ -259,13 +259,29 @@ struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct b EXPORT_SYMBOL(freeze_bdev); /** + * emergency_thaw -- force thaw every filesystem + * + * Used for emergency unfreeze of all filesystems via SysRq + */ +void emergency_thaw(void) +{ + struct super_block *sb; + + list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) { + if (sb->s_bdev) + (void)thaw_bdev(sb->s_bdev, sb, 1); + } +} + +/** * thaw_bdev -- unlock filesystem * @bdev: blockdevice to unlock * @sb: associated superblock + * force: force unfreeze regardless of freezer count * * Unlocks the filesystem and marks it writeable again after freeze_bdev(). */ -int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb) +int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb, int force) { int error = 0; @@ -275,7 +291,11 @@ int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, return -EINVAL; } - bdev->bd_fsfreeze_count--; + if (force) + bdev->bd_fsfreeze_count = 0; + else + bdev->bd_fsfreeze_count--; + if (bdev->bd_fsfreeze_count > 0) { if (sb) drop_super(sb); Index: linux-2.6/fs/ioctl.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ioctl.c +++ linux-2.6/fs/ioctl.c @@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int ioctl_fsthaw(struct file *fil return -EINVAL; /* Thaw */ - return thaw_bdev(sb->s_bdev, sb); + return thaw_bdev(sb->s_bdev, sb, 0); } /* Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c +++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c @@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ xfs_fs_goingdown( if (sb && !IS_ERR(sb)) { xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_FORCE_UMOUNT); - thaw_bdev(sb->s_bdev, sb); + thaw_bdev(sb->s_bdev, sb, 0); } break; Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/buffer_head.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/buffer_head.h +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/buffer_head.h @@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ void __wait_on_buffer(struct buffer_head wait_queue_head_t *bh_waitq_head(struct buffer_head *bh); int fsync_bdev(struct block_device *); struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *); -int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *, struct super_block *); +void emergency_thaw(void); +int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *, struct super_block *, int); int fsync_super(struct super_block *); int fsync_no_super(struct block_device *); struct buffer_head *__find_get_block(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html