Re: [PATCH -mm] swsusp: Freeze filesystems during suspend (rev. 2)

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On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 18:53:07 +0100
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <[email protected]> wrote:

> +void freeze_filesystems(void)
> +{
> +	struct super_block *sb;
> +
> +	lockdep_off();
> +	/*
> +	 * Freeze in reverse order so filesystems dependant upon others are
> +	 * frozen in the right order (eg. loopback on ext3).
> +	 */
> +	list_for_each_entry_reverse(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
> +		if (!sb->s_root || !sb->s_bdev ||
> +		    (sb->s_frozen == SB_FREEZE_TRANS) ||
> +		    (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) ||
> +		    (sb->s_flags & MS_FROZEN))
> +			continue;
> +
> +		freeze_bdev(sb->s_bdev);
> +		sb->s_flags |= MS_FROZEN;
> +	}
> +	lockdep_on();
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * thaw_filesystems - unlock all filesystems
> + */
> +void thaw_filesystems(void)
> +{
> +	struct super_block *sb;
> +
> +	lockdep_off();
> +
> +	list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list)
> +		if (sb->s_flags & MS_FROZEN) {
> +			sb->s_flags &= ~MS_FROZEN;
> +			thaw_bdev(sb->s_bdev, sb);
> +		}
> +
> +	lockdep_on();
> +}

argh.

The uncommented, unchangelogged lockdep_off() calls are completely
mysterious right now, even before the patch is merged.  They will not
become less mysterious over time.

Please, take pity upon the readers of your code.  Add a comment.

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