From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 27 17:50:14 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12220106566B for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:50:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 017DF8FC0A for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:50:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pARHoDMY059868 for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:50:13 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id pARHoDWX059866; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:50:13 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:50:13 GMT Message-Id: <201111271750.pARHoDWX059866@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Robert Millan Cc: Subject: Re: kern/159663: [socket] [nullfs] sockets don't work though nullfs mounts X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Robert Millan List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:50:14 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/159663; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Robert Millan To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, Mikolaj Golub Cc: Subject: Re: kern/159663: [socket] [nullfs] sockets don't work though nullfs mounts Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:44:30 +0100 Hi Mikolaj, > But actually it is possible to do without the additional flag, with the only > hack in nullfs code: in lookup and create return lower vnode if it is a > socket, like in the patch below. It works for me but I have not tested much > and not checked yet if use cases are possible when this makes undesirable > effect. I've been using your patch (with 8.1 kernel on amd64) for two months now, and didn't notice any ill effects. Do you have plans on committing it?