Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 11:07:57 +0900 From: KATO Takenori <kato@migmatite.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp> To: tlambert@primenet.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unionfs clobbers a file Message-ID: <19980207110757B.kato@gneiss.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 6 Feb 1998 19:26:08 %2B0000 (GMT)" <199802061926.MAA15103@usr01.primenet.com> References: <199802061926.MAA15103@usr01.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote: > The unionfs may still fail because of VOP_LOCK, depending on how > it is implemented this week. If it's still using the lockmgr code, > it will definitely fail, because that code projects a three dimensional > geodesic into a two dimensional space. I can explain how to fix > this, if you are interested. Please explain it. I think lock/unlock system in unionfs is somethink like ropewalking and current implemetation is a result of compromise. ---- KATO Takenori <kato@ganko.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp> Dept. Earth Planet. Sci., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, 464-01, Japan PGP public key: finger kato@eclogite.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp ------------------- Powered by FreeBSD(98) -------------------
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