Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:42:13 +1000 From: "Jan Mikkelsen" <janm@transactionware.com> To: "Daichi GOTO" <daichi@freebsd.org>, "Danny Braniss" <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: [ANN] unionfs patchset-16 release, it is ready for the merge Message-ID: <004d01c6ecde$db9ca990$3301a8c0@janmxp> References: <44B67340.1080405@freebsd.org> <44B74036.6060101@freebsd.org><20060903170129.GA98917@xor.obsecurity.org><20060903172033.GA99212@xor.obsecurity.org><20060904184717.GA41475@xor.obsecurity.org><44FD8B2B.60501@freebsd.org> <E1GXERG-000BLK-2p@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> <452B750D.2020104@freebsd.org>
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Daichi GOTO wrote: > Danny Braniss wrote: >> [...] >>> Yeah, we have a new patchset to solve above problem I think. >> >> any chance that the new unionfs will make it to 6.2? > > We cannot merger unionfs patch to 6.x branch. It'll just only for > -current. For 6.x patchset is just a patchset. Getting it to 6-STABLE at some point would be very nice; what is currently there is unusable. I have been using your patch successfully and I certainly don't see any regressions. The man pages make it clear that the subsystem will be subject to change. >> I'm using it, and it's working just fine - as opposed to the unusable >> one supplied. > > For under some heavy situation with mount_nullfs, it has a problem since > the lock mechanism. To solve that problem, we need a new API(function) > for VFS. We are discussing about it and need vfs-hackers help. > Sorry for my slow response :( Even so, your patch works better than what is there. >> If not, Daichi GOTO, will you have a new set of patches? union_vfsops.c >> just changed, for example. >> thanks, >> danny > > uhmm... you need a new patchset if it is under construction? The patch at http://people.freebsd.org/~daichi/unionfs/unionfs6-p16.diff no longer applies cleanly to 6-STABLE. Where you have replaced complete files, it might be worth just providing the new file. Thank you for your work on this; I find it very useful. Regards, Jan Mikkelsen
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