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Subject: Re: is read-write nullfs safe?
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Rong-en Fan wrote:
> I'm running 6.2-RELEASE, and I am wondering
> if using nullfs w/ rw is safe in a production environment?
> My impression is that ro nullfs is ok, but not rw.
> Is this still the case?

I've been using a r/w nullfs for the last several months with no issues.
Granted, I don't do a heavy amount of writing to the mount point but I
haven't seen any issues with it whatsoever.


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