From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 25 21:14:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19C70106564A; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:14:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@c0mplx.org) Received: from home.opsec.eu (unknown [IPv6:2001:14f8:200::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0E548FC18; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:14:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@c0mplx.org) Received: from pi by home.opsec.eu with local (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1JeGTH-0006o7-M4; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:14:15 +0100 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:14:15 +0100 From: Kurt Jaeger To: "Alexander V. Chernikov" Message-ID: <20080325211415.GD3180@home.opsec.eu> References: <47E9448F.1010304@ipfw.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47E9448F.1010304@ipfw.ru> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: unionfs status X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:14:16 -0000 Hi! > At this moment unionfs has got at least following problems: > 1) File systems cannot mount onto upper/lower unionfs layer (partially > described in kern/117829) I tested your patch as described in http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2007-June/035798.html and /dev works for me now. Nice work! > 2) There are problems with multithreaded programs accessing(writing) files > on unionfs (kern/109950) > 3) As well there are problems with accessing unix sockets created on > upper/lower unionfs layers (kern/118346) > 4) Doing mv filename same-filename causes kernel to panic on 6.X (and > printing warning about VOP_RENAME in 7+) I tested this bug on a 6.3-REL with a 6.2 unionfs (20070213) and it does not panic. I tested it on a 6.3-REL with your patch and did also did not panic. So, from my point of view, it's an improvement. -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 12 years to go !