Subject: Problem with union fs addendum
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Bernd Sieker <bsieker@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/10/1999 18:06:07
On 10.05.99, 17:43:18, Bernd Sieker wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> - I get a reproducable panic on both my i386 machines (Cx486Dx2 and
> Celeron-A), when I do the following:
>
> % mkdir a
> % mkdir b
> % mount_union ./a ./b
> % mount_union ./a ./b
> % mount_union ./a ./b
>
> The system immediately crashes with:
>
> panic: lockmgr: locking against myself.
> syncing disks .. done
> rebooting
>
I found the PR4597, which dates back from November 1997, which describes
a very similar problem, quite likely caused bey the same bug. It is still
open.
Should I send another pr?
I find the union filesystem very useful and use it for CD-ROMs and
(patched) source trees a lot.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bernd
>
> --
> Bernd Sieker
>
> Unix, the solution to the W2k problem.