Subject: kern/13861: nullfs can't be remounted ro/rw
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <mrg@eterna.com.au>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/03/2001 23:09:04
>Number: 13861
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: nullfs can't be remounted ro/rw
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Sep 03 06:05:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: matthew green
>Release: <NetBSD-current source date>today
>Organization:
people's front against (bozotic) www (softwar foundation)
>Environment:
System: NetBSD madrugada.eterna.com.au 1.5W NetBSD 1.5W (_madrugada_) #97: Fri Aug 17 01:27:38 EST 2001 mrg@madrugada.eterna.com.au:/var/_madrugada_ alpha
Architecture: alpha
Machine: alpha
>Description:
the nullfs code doesn't allow one to remount a filesystem and change
the read-write / read-only mode. one is forced to unmount and remount,
which means it can't be done on an active filesystem.
>How-To-Repeat:
mount /usr/src as read-only nullfs. after you've finished a build and
want to modify sources, attempt to mount -u -o rw /usr/src and fail.
>Fix:
write the code to support this in nullfs. i had a look but i'm going
to leave this one to someone else....
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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