Quoting Christian Seiler (christ...@iwakd.de): > Hi there, > > just a quick question: currently, rootfs is pinned with a .hold file in > the parent directory (which btw. does not help against file systems that > are already mounted on the host but directly in the rootfs directory). > The problem with the .hold file is that it doesn't make the directory > necessarily pretty; I tend to mount all rootfs to /srv/lxc/$container > (config remaining in /var/lib/lxc), and then when doing a ls /srv/lxc, I > see tons of .hold files. (I'm not even sure that they are removed after > container termination - but even if they are, the default state of a
No I don't think they are removed at all. > typical system tends to be that at least some containers are running...) > > Couldn't we just open $rootfs/lxc.hold for writing, keep the fd (as > current pinfd) and then unlink (!) the file directly? According to POSIX Yup, we could do that, absolutely no problem with that. I just didn't do it. It would work, and keep the directory neat, so +1. > semantics, the file is then still open and the pinning should work (now > also for the above case), but there are no files lying around anymore. > (Note: I didn't test that, it could well be that that doesn't work.) > > Thoughts? > > -- Christian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: > 1. Consolidate legacy IT systems to a single system of record for IT > 2. Standardize and globalize service processes across IT > 3. Implement zero-touch automation to replace manual, redundant tasks > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=51271111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Lxc-devel mailing list > Lxc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. Consolidate legacy IT systems to a single system of record for IT 2. Standardize and globalize service processes across IT 3. Implement zero-touch automation to replace manual, redundant tasks http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=51271111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Lxc-devel mailing list Lxc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-devel
