[Drbd-dev] lock for reading device state
Lars Ellenberg
Lars.Ellenberg at linbit.com
Thu Dec 7 14:09:20 CET 2006
/ 2006-12-06 17:22:43 +0000
\ Cristian Zamfir:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am using drbd to implement xen block device migration. Right now I
> am parsing /proc/drbd to find out if the drives are synchronized and I
> can migrate them.
you talk about drbd state "Connected, Consistent",
or what exactly are you parsing?
> Is there a way to obtain a lock while reading and processing this
> information and prevent other writes to the primary device?
no. why?
> I need to be able to prevent writes while reading the state of
> the device from a script external to drbd.
does not make sense to me yet?
> In case there is no existing solution, can you please give me a few
> tips on how to start developing such a locking mechanism?
please give more details about your assumptions and reasoning,
maybe its just that you have wrong expectations?
could also be that I'm just mentally block right now...
:)
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