Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:22:00 -0700
From:      Matthew Jacob <mj@feral.com>
To:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: geom_vfs: disallow multiple readonly mounts of a device
Message-ID:  <4BB376A8.7060702@feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <4BB36234.8070907@freebsd.org>
References:  <4BA7B9E3.3080003@freebsd.org> <4BB36234.8070907@freebsd.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

>> Because of this, I propose to disable shared mounting feature for time being.
>> In my opinion it is very unlikely that anybody depends on this feature now, but
>> nullfs can be used as its replacement.  In fact, it could be even more efficient
>> if the same files are access via different mount points.
>>      

For me using nulls is the key point. This allows you to affect the name 
space for various policy reasons.




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4BB376A8.7060702>