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Date:      Fri, 11 Sep 2015 18:16:32 -0400
From:      "Chad J. Milios" <milios@ccsys.com>
To:        Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: mdconfig creating file based memory disk
Message-ID:  <E9721161-F824-42DA-A101-82434001BECA@ccsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150911060251.5cd303ba@X220.alogt.com>
References:  <20150910111034.20b97c41@X220.alogt.com> <A646B4C4-04DD-4840-A478-2EB28B0951F9@ccsys.com> <20150911060251.5cd303ba@X220.alogt.com>

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> On Sep 10, 2015, at 6:02 PM, Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>=
 wrote:
> If mdconfig would lock the file for
> exclusive access, this would not happen. I should have a lock at the
> sources when time permits this.
>=20
> Erich

That makes a lot of sense. If md were built today it probably would use simi=
lar locking semantics like we've come to expect from post-geom devices. I wo=
nder if ggatel behaves closer to what you're describing. It is the geom-made=
 equivalent to md with similar functionality.=



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