Re: [Qemu-stable] [PATCH] qga: ignore EBUSY when freezing a filesystem

[Peter Lieven]

Am 03.02.2017 um 19:31 schrieb Paolo Bonzini:
>
> On 03/02/2017 00:20, Peter Lieven wrote:
>> Am 02.02.2017 um 22:41 schrieb Paolo Bonzini:
>>> On 31/01/2017 07:36, Peter Lieven wrote:
>>>> the current implementation fails if we try to freeze an
>>>> already frozen filesystem. This can happen if a filesystem
>>>> is mounted more than once (e.g. with a bind mount).
>>>>
>>>> Suggested-by: Christian Theune <address@hidden>
>>>> Cc: address@hidden
>>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Lieven <address@hidden>
>>> What happens when you thaw?
>>>
>>> Paolo
>> If you try to THAW an unfrozen FS you get EINVAL.
>> The current code thaws until an error is returned.
>>
>> So it should work as is.
>>
>> If you feel uncomfortable with the EBUSY approach. The other idea would
>> be to track all devices which have been successfully frozen and skip 
>> consecutive
>> tries to freeze them.
> No, just asking.
>
> Reeviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>

Ping, Michael can you pick this up please.


Thanks,

Peter