patchset-7 release (Re: [unionfs][patch] improvements of the unionfs - Problem Report, kern/91010)

[Danny Braniss]

> I have updated the patchset-7 (of course patchset-6 exists).
> 
> Patchset-7:
>     For 7-current
>       http://people.freebsd.org/~daichi/unionfs/unionfs-p7.diff
> 
>     For 6.x
>       http://people.freebsd.org/~daichi/unionfs/unionfs6-p7.diff
> 
>     changes -p7 from -p6:
>       - fixed problem that removes not empty directory.
>         For fixing this, I fixed a problem (src/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_lookup.c)
>         regarding to white-out uncorrect work when fails of making
>         shadow directory.
>       - fixed "Returning with 1 locks held." panic problem.
>         Unfree of vnode lock when it fails making of shadow dirrectory
>         led the problem.
> 
> Patchset-6:
>     For 7-current
>       http://people.freebsd.org/~daichi/unionfs/unionfs-p6.diff
> 
>     For 6.x
>       http://people.freebsd.org/~daichi/unionfs/unionfs6-p6.diff
> 
>     changes -p6 from -p5:
>       - fixed ln(1) fail problem when -f is optioned. And
>         problems around hardling-specific are fixed
>       - added VOP_GETWRITEMOUNT treatment. Pre-implementation
>         has probability of write-fail bacause of unwork of
>         vn_start_write.
> 
> And now, we have an unionfs explanation site in English:
>    http://people.freebsd.org/~daichi/unionfs/  (English)
>    http://people.freebsd.org/~daichi/unionfs/index-ja.html  (Japanese)
> 
> Great thanks for Yoshihiro Ota-san :) He gave me that translated
> text. Please read the explanation text whom has interest in
> around unionfs.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Daichi GOTO wrote:
> > I have updated the patches:
> > 
> >   For 7-current patch
> >     http://people.freebsd.org/~daichi/unionfs/unionfs-p5.diff
> > 
> >   For 6.x patch
> >     http://people.freebsd.org/~daichi/unionfs/unionfs6-p5.diff
> > 
> > Changes from -p4:
> >   - fixed around "can't fifo/vnode bypass -1" panic problem
> >   - added some comments into source-code for src-developer
> >   - edited style as style(9) saye
> 
> -- 
>    Daichi GOTO, http://people.freebsd.org/~daichi

so far so good! it's not crashing my diskless.

thanks,
	danny