May be remounting the file system in read only mode will help.

try this:
# mount -o remount,ro <filesystem>


On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 8:36 PM, rishi agrawal <postri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> as far as i have understood it is not freezing the file system but it
> is only freezing the write operation on block device
>
> had it been freezing the file system inode creation would also block
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 8:09 PM, rishi agrawal <postri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I used a kernel module to freeze the file system using the function 
>> freeze_bdev
>>
>> but when i am try to use touch command on the file system i am able to
>> create the files.
>>
>> even read requests are served immediately
>>
>> only the write requests are being blocked
>>
>> until i call the thaw function
>>
>> can i have an explanation for this
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 6:11 PM, ajit mote <mail2black...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>> I want to freeze a file system. I have seen a field in vfs superblock
>>>> s_frozen.
>>>>
>>>> But i am clue less about freezing the file system using that.
>>>
>>>
>>> freeze_bdev function ( fs/buffer.c) lock a filesystem and force it into a
>>> consistent state ...
>>> Above function use s_frozen flag to freez the file system ...
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Rishi B. Agrawal
>>
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