On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 01:23:38AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +static int ubifs_freeze_super(struct super_block *sb)
> > +{
> > + struct ubifs_info *c = sb->s_fs_info;
> > + int err;
> > +
> > + dbg_gen("starting");
> > + /* freeze_super always succeeds if file system is in read-only.
> > + * however if there are errors, UBIFS is switched to read-only mode.
> > + * so @ro_error should be checked.
> > + */
> > + err = freeze_super(sb);
> > + if (!err && c->ro_error) {
> > + thaw_super(sb);
> > + return -EIO;
> > + }
> > + return err;
>
> This is just broken. First ubifs should still properly propagate
> the errors, and second freezing/unfreezing read only file systems is
> perfectly valid,
it is right.
> and third the freeze_super method is a special
> hack for gfs2 that should not gain additional users.
I thought that it was ok. because commit 48b6bca says "every filesystem
that implements this hooks must call the vfs freeze_super ..."
Thank you for comment.
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Thanks,
Hyunchul
