Should DEBUG_VFS_LOCKS messages be reported as bugs?

Daniel Braniss danny at cs.huji.ac.il
Thu Dec 24 07:10:18 UTC 2015


> On 24 Dec 2015, at 03:44, Yuri <yuri at rawbw.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12/22/2015 01:34, Daniel Braniss wrote:
>> I have been using unionfs for a very long time, mounting /etc (nfs read only) and md
>> whiteout any problems. I’m not sure if i tested it on 11, but i will soon.
>> yes, it can be problematic for other crazy things, but in my case, where many of
>> my hosts are dataless so the unionfs is a great simplifier:-)
>> 
>> just my 2 cents.
>> 
> 
> I tried to replace nullfs+unionfs with unionfs+unionfs, and got the same messages using the kernel with the same debug options.
> So it is dangerous.
> 

I just turned off WITNESS/INVARIANTS :-)
the only complain I get is when I do a mountd restart, but it’s harmless.

	danny
> Yuri
> 



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