Subject: Re: LFS stability
To: None <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org>
List: current-users
Date: 08/28/2006 21:59:11
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:56:18 -0400
Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 01:19:23PM +0200, Juan RP wrote:
> > 
> > Your HOME needs to be LFS, and /urs FFS.
> > 
> > $ cvs -q -d:ext:anoncvs@anoncvs.netbsd.org:/cvsroot co -P pkgsrc <- in your HOME
> > $ mkdir /usr/pkgsrc
> > $ mount_null ~/pkgsrc /usr/pkgsrc
> > $ mkdir ~/foo
> > $ mount_null /usr/pkgsrc ~/foo
> > 
> > I'm pretty sure it will crash.
> 
> Why do you believe that this is a bug in LFS, and not a bug in nullfs?

I did not say the bug was in LFS, but interaction of LFS + null or union will make
the system panic.

Anyway Zafer couldn't reproduce it... perhaps some option is causing this
"locking against myself" panic.