geom_vfs: disallow multiple readonly mounts of a device

Matthew Jacob mj at feral.com
Wed Mar 31 16:21:58 UTC 2010


>> Because of this, I propose to disable shared mounting feature for time being.
>> In my opinion it is very unlikely that anybody depends on this feature now, but
>> nullfs can be used as its replacement.  In fact, it could be even more efficient
>> if the same files are access via different mount points.
>>      

For me using nulls is the key point. This allows you to affect the name 
space for various policy reasons.



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