> On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 04:23:32PM -0500, Steve Lord wrote:
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> > >
> > > Sorry, I should have been more clear. The locking is required for externa
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> > > users, e.g. the loop device (the current version doesn't do it, but it wi
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> > > be fixed to do so). loop device cannot access any internal XFS locks.
> > >
> > >
> > > -Andi
> >
> > OK, that's a different kettle of fish....
>
> It would be nice if you could commit (or whatever ptools calls that) it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Andi
Actually, things are somewhat more broken that this, XFS does not provide
prepare_write or commit_write address space operations, so I presume this
means under loopback we would be at best a readonly device. At worst
totally non-functional.
Steve
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