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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
+ */
+
+//config:config FSFREEZE
+//config:	bool "fsfreeze"
+//config:	default y
+//config:	select PLATFORM_LINUX
+//config:	select LONG_OPTS
+//config:	help
+//config:	  Halt new accesses and flush writes on a mounted filesystem.
+
+//applet:IF_FSFREEZE(APPLET(fsfreeze, BB_DIR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
+
+//kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_FSFREEZE) += fsfreeze.o
+
+//usage:#define fsfreeze_trivial_usage
+//usage:       "--[un]freeze MOUNTPOINT"
+//usage:#define fsfreeze_full_usage "\n\n"
+//usage:	"Flush and halt writes to MOUNTPOINT"
+
+#include "libbb.h"
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+
+#ifndef FIFREEZE
+# define FIFREEZE _IOWR('X', 119, int)
+# define FITHAW   _IOWR('X', 120, int)
+#endif
+
+int fsfreeze_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
+int fsfreeze_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
+{
+	unsigned opts;
+	int fd;
+
+	applet_long_options =
+		"freeze\0"   No_argument "\xff"
+		"unfreeze\0" No_argument "\xfe"
+	;
+	/* exactly one non-option arg: the mountpoint */
+	/* one of opts is required */
+	/* opts are mutually exclusive */
+	opt_complementary = "=1:""\xff:\xfe:""\xff--\xfe:\xfe--\xff";
+	opts = getopt32(argv, "");
+
+	fd = xopen(argv[optind], O_RDONLY);
+	/* Works with NULL arg on linux-4.8.0 */
+	xioctl(fd, (opts & 1) ? FIFREEZE : FITHAW, NULL);
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}