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From: "Wang, Zhiye" <Zhiye.Wang@Arcserve.com>
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Subject: freeze_bdev and scrub/re-balance
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 09:57:18 +0000
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Hi all,


If I understand it correctly, defragment operation is done in user space tools, while scrub/re-balance is done in kernel thread.


So, if my kernel module calls freeze_bdev when scrub/re-balance is in progress, will I still be able to get a consistent file system state?




Thanks
Mike