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[src/trunk]: src/sbin/mount_nfs note that loopback mount is a bad idea.



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/d9501ca31765
branches:  trunk
changeset: 573191:d9501ca31765
user:      yamt <yamt%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Fri Jan 21 15:49:43 2005 +0000

description:
note that loopback mount is a bad idea.

diffstat:

 sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 |  7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (25 lines):

diff -r fc21b4dafecc -r d9501ca31765 sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
--- a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8        Fri Jan 21 15:19:09 2005 +0000
+++ b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8        Fri Jan 21 15:49:43 2005 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: mount_nfs.8,v 1.25 2004/05/05 00:21:00 fair Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: mount_nfs.8,v 1.26 2005/01/21 15:49:43 yamt Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"    @(#)mount_nfs.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/29/95
 .\"
-.Dd May 4, 2004
+.Dd January 22, 2005
 .Dt MOUNT_NFS 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -528,3 +528,6 @@
 .%D September 1999
 .%T "Authentication Mechanisms for ONC RPC"
 .Re
+.Sh CAVEATS
+An NFS server shouldn't loopback-mount its own exported file systems because
+it's fundamentally prone to deadlock.



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