Re: UnionMount status?

[Valerie Aurora <vaurora@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 06:06:36PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> 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.

Can you try the d_ino_lookup branch in the union mounts git tree?  I
fixed one bug that may be related.  Thanks,

-VAL