Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:39:22 +0800 From: "Rong-en Fan" <grafan@gmail.com> To: "Josh Paetzel" <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is read-write nullfs safe? Message-ID: <6eb82e0706182339r6328f009sf66631f1570977ba@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200706190124.38935.josh@tcbug.org> References: <6eb82e0706182246q6563ba03x31038082125b50ae@mail.gmail.com> <200706190124.38935.josh@tcbug.org>
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On 6/19/07, Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> wrote: > On Tuesday 19 June 2007, Rong-en Fan wrote: > > I'm running 6.2-RELEASE, and I am wondering > > if using nullfs w/ rw is safe in a production environment? > > My impression is that ro nullfs is ok, but not rw. > > Is this still the case? > > > > Regards, > > Rong-En Fan > > I've been using r/w nullfs in production for ages without issue...sure > you're not confusing nullfs with unionfs? I'm aware that unionfs status and I think it's usable in 7.x, right? I was asking about nullfs because the following lines in sys/conf/NOTES: # NB: The NULL, PORTAL, UMAP and UNION filesystems are known to be # buggy, and WILL panic your system if you attempt to do anything with # them. They are included here as an incentive for some enterprising # soul to sit down and fix them. Regards, Rong-En Fan > > -- > Thanks, > > Josh Paetzel > >
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