On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Bill Studenmund wrote:

> Let me make sure I understand the problem. You make a large file on the
> null layer that fills up a noticable amount of space, delete it, and don't
> see it disapear. The patch (as I recall it) will fix that. What it won't

Yes, exactly. And df(1) shows disk is over full, and du(1) shows I have
plenty of space.

> fix is say you make the file on the null layer but cd to the underlying
> mfs and delete it there. You'll still have the same problem as now. That's
> my complaint with it.

Okay. I am using nullfs to hide the real paths, so I won't be accessing
them.

> > Or is this something that can be officially added to netbsd-1-5?
>
> As I recall the patch (adding a flag to remove so that we vgone the
> vnode), it is fine to officially put in 1.5.

Hopefully, someone will do this. Do I need to send-pr my request for this
to be pulled-up (is that the right term?) to netbsd-1-5?

Thanks,

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/