The following reply was made to PR kern/159663; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Mikolaj Golub <to.my.troc...@gmail.com> To: Robert Millan <r...@freebsd.org> Cc: bug-follo...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/159663: [socket] [nullfs] sockets don't work though nullfs mounts Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:49:02 +0200 On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:44:30 +0100 Robert Millan wrote: RM> Hi Mikolaj, Hi >> But actually it is possible to do without the additional flag, with the only >> hack in nullfs code: in lookup and create return lower vnode if it is a >> socket, like in the patch below. It works for me but I have not tested much >> and not checked yet if use cases are possible when this makes undesirable >> effect. RM> I've been using your patch (with 8.1 kernel on amd64) for two months RM> now, and didn't notice any ill effects. RM> Do you have plans on committing it? Thanks for testing! I wouldn't like to commit it without trying to find a better solution. After I got some suggestions from kib@ I hope will be able to come with something better than this patch. -- Mikolaj Golub _______________________________________________ freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
