On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 09:56:20AM +0800, Pingfan Liu wrote: > Agree. For the consistency of the whole fs, we need grub to be aware of > log. While this patch just assumes that files accessed by grub are > known, and the consistency is forced only on these files. > > get by freezing and unfreezing the file system using the FIFREEZE and > > FITHAW ioctls. And if my memory is serving me correctly Dave has been > freeze will block any further modification to the fs. That is different > from my patch, which does not have such limitation. So you freeze and immediately unfreeze.