Re: kern/55932: NFS root is not read only

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

The following reply was made to PR kern/55932; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/55932: NFS root is not read only
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 13:51:50 -0000 (UTC)

 martin%NetBSD.org@localhost writes:
 
 >and the kernel NFS mountroot code seems to alread mount / as read-write
 >(different than all other file systems mounted as root - this is bug 2).
 
 Bug 2 seems to be intentional:
 
         /*
          * Historical practice expects NFS root file systems to
          * be initially mounted r/w.
          */
         mp->mnt_flag &= ~MNT_RDONLY;
 
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