Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 5 authors, 2008-09-11

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Implement generic freeze feature

From: Andreas Dilger <hidden>
Date: 2008-08-22 07:09:58
Also in: dm-devel, linux-fsdevel, linux-xfs, lkml

On Aug 21, 2008  12:58 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
quoted
 #define FIGETBSZ   _IO(0x00,2)	/* get the block size used for bmap */
+#define FIFREEZE	_IOWR('X', 119, int)	/* Freeze */
+#define FITHAW		_IOWR('X', 120, int)	/* Thaw */
FIFREEZE is 119, but a few lines above we have

#define BLKDISCARD _IO(0x12,119)

Should we be using 120 and 121 here?
No, because 'X' != 0x12...  The 'X' is used because this ioctl is compatible
with the XFS implementation of this feature.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.
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