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Date:      Fri, 26 Feb 1999 22:15:47 -0800 (PST)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
Cc:        dot@dotat.at, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mount -o union broken recently?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.990226221431.12872G-100000@current1.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <199902270516.VAA05738@vashon.polstra.com>

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On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, John Polstra wrote:

> In article <E10GZo8-0003Ko-00@fanf.noc.demon.net>,
> Tony Finch  <dot@dotat.at> wrote:
> > Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> wrote:
> > >
> > >i just experienced the above today while trying diskless, and while
> > >ls only seems to return the entries for the topmost directory, files
> > >are accessible if you know the name. no idea if this is of any help.
> > 
> > This is exactly the right pointer, thanks! The problem appears to be
> > the change between revs 1.108 and 1.109 of sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c. A
> > couple of (very similar) blocks of code related to `mount -o union`
> > seem to have been mixed up with some code related to `mount -t union`
> > and therefore removed. It's a shame that the two things get confused
> > so much. I originally missed vfs_syscalls.c because a `find
> > /usr/src/sys | xargs grep MNT_UNION` on 3.1 didn't show it. Replacing
> > the errant code fixes the problem. Here's a patch against 1.112.2.1.
> 
> Great sleuthing, guys!
> 
> John
> -- 
>   John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
>   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
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