Bug#756593: busybox's switch_root makes read-only NFS root read/write

2014-10-02 Thread Zimmermann, Alexander
Hi Michael, Am 29.09.2014 um 08:37 schrieb Michael Tokarev : > [Rehashing a somewhat old thread...] > 08.08.2014 14:55, Zimmermann, Alexander wrote: > >> So here is the full output. Vanilla Linux 3.16. No patches. There is >> definitely something >> broken in the us

Bug#756593: busybox's switch_root makes read-only NFS root read/write

2014-08-08 Thread Zimmermann, Alexander
Am 07.08.2014 um 15:02 schrieb Alexander Zimmermann : > > Am 06.08.2014 um 07:42 schrieb Michael Tokarev : > >> 05.08.2014 17:36, Zimmermann, Alexander wrote: >> >>> Despite the fact that I was unable to write a proper wrapper :-) - the >>> kernel

Bug#756593: busybox's switch_root makes read-only NFS root read/write

2014-08-07 Thread Zimmermann, Alexander
Am 06.08.2014 um 07:42 schrieb Michael Tokarev : > 05.08.2014 17:36, Zimmermann, Alexander wrote: > >> Despite the fact that I was unable to write a proper wrapper :-) - the >> kernel crashes - >> I know now that neither busybox nor AUFS is the culprit. See below: >

Bug#756593: busybox's switch_root makes read-only NFS root read/write

2014-08-05 Thread Zimmermann, Alexander
Am 01.08.2014 um 13:46 schrieb Michael Tokarev : > 01.08.2014 15:37, Zimmermann, Alexander wrote: > >> As you can see, we use a vanilla 3.14 Kernel, patched w/ official AUFS patch >> (see >> http://aufs.sourceforge.net) > > I too use aufs here, for a very long

Bug#756593: busybox's switch_root makes read-only NFS root read/write

2014-08-01 Thread Zimmermann, Alexander
Hi Michael, Am 31.07.2014 um 20:53 schrieb Michael Tokarev : > Control: tag -1 + moreinfo > > 31.07.2014 11:56, Zimmermann, Alexander wrote: >> Package: busybox >> Version: 1:1.22.0-6 >> Severity: important >> >> Dear Maintainer, >> >> we hav

Bug#756593: busybox's switch_root makes read-only NFS root read/write

2014-07-31 Thread Zimmermann, Alexander
Package: busybox Version: 1:1.22.0-6 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, we have a PXE environments in our lab, where we boot both physical boxes and XEN machines via NFS from one centralized Debian SID image. While the kernel/initramfs mounts the image correctly read only (I set a breakpoint ju