Re: UnionMount status?

[Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz>]

On 14 July 2010 21:30, Valerie Aurora <vaurora@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 03:12:28PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> FWIW I tried to apply the unionmount patch from submounts branch to my
>> kernel (2.6.34 Debian kernel) and boot a live system using the kernel.
>>
>> The system boots but locks up during init.
>>
>> The first boot method uses tmpfs union/squashfs/loop/FUSE(httpfs) or
>> tmpfs union/squashfs/loop/iso9660/loop/FUSE(httpfs) and triggers the
>> BUG_ON(*next_ud != NULL); in union_add_dir when udev starts whereas
>> the other method which uses tmpfs union/squashfs/loop/iso966/iscsi
>> crashes because at the point when iscsid is started during boot as the
>> iscsi drive is disconnected for some reason.
>
> Thanks for the bug report!  I will get to work on that as soon as
> possible.
>
>> As the kernel does not include aufs I cannot easily test that it works
>> as expected with that but both boot methods used to work with 2.6.32
>> kernels and aufs.
>
> I think it's quite likely the problem is with union mounts, so don't
> go to the effort to test aufs just for this case.
>

If you want the live CD or more details about the issue I guess I can send them.

Also the CD build system is automated so it's quite easy to try new patches.

Thanks

Michal
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