tree 815c9d80c961d54c79692ebe4751318c9052ad45
parent fcac03abd325e4f7a4cc8fe05fea2793b1c8eb75
author Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> 1184257693 +0100
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> 1184277668 -0700

dm snapshot: permit invalid activation

Allow invalid snapshots to be activated instead of failing.

This allows userspace to reinstate any given snapshot state - for
example after an unscheduled reboot - and clean up the invalid snapshot
at its leisure.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>