Re: kern/40210: 5.0 BETA WAPBL related crash

[Juraj Hercek <nbsd%hck.sk@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/40210; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Juraj Hercek <nbsd%hck.sk@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
 netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/40210: 5.0 BETA WAPBL related crash
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:17:43 +0100

 Andrew Doran wrote:
 >  > # mount | grep "\/dev "
 >  > tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (union, local)
 >  
 >  Ok, this is the problem. ffs' VFS_FSYNC() is not working correctly for
 >  WAPBL when ufsmount::um_devvp is not on an ffs file system.
 >   
 
 Ok, is it planned to be fixed some day, or should I use workaround (not 
 using log mount option)?
 
 >  > I'm just not sure why there's an union flag. Isn't union considered 
 >  > experimental?
 >  
 >  union mounts and unionfs are two different things. union mounts work well.
 >  The union file system is a bag of spanners.
 >   
 I see, thanks for explanation.
 
 -- Juraj