Re: [PATCH 0/6][v4][RFC] NFSv3: implement extended attribute protocol (XATTR)

Eric Paris
2010-03-17T20:13:17Z

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:

> Another is to NFS mount the filesystem back on to the server,
> in which case James' scheme works just dandy. It's a trick that
> I've used more than once in the Unix world for this exact purpose.
> Of course you have to arrange your mount points in advance with
> malice aforethought, but that's likely something you're used to
> by now.

Is this safe with NFS on Linux? I know in the past (RHEL5) mounting
NFS over loopback can cause deadlocks under even slight memory
pressure. I complained about it and was told 'don't do that, just
bind mount.'

-Eric