These are the freeze/thaw patches with the names Honza suggested. The only other name ideas that I can think of that seem to work would involve just using synonyms like suspend_fs/resume_fs. While they aren't perfect, I like freeze_super/thaw_super better. Benjamin Marzinski (2): fs: add freeze_super/thaw_super fs hooks gfs2: update freeze code to use freeze/thaw_super on all nodes fs/block_dev.c | 10 ++++- fs/gfs2/glops.c | 26 ++++++------- fs/gfs2/glops.h | 2 + fs/gfs2/incore.h | 15 +++++--- fs/gfs2/inode.c | 40 +++++--------------- fs/gfs2/log.c | 29 ++++++--------- fs/gfs2/main.c | 11 +++++- fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c | 16 ++------ fs/gfs2/super.c | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- fs/gfs2/super.h | 1 + fs/gfs2/trans.c | 17 +++++++-- fs/ioctl.c | 6 ++- include/linux/fs.h | 2 + 13 files changed, 154 insertions(+), 122 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html