Re: md /tmp and async mounts

From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida_at_ceid.upatras.gr>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 23:36:45 +0300
On 2006-05-23 15:41, Kris Kennaway <kris_at_obsecurity.org> wrote:
> You are confusing mdconfig's -o async mode, used only for vnode
> backing (not the case here anyway):
>
>              [no]async
>                      For vnode backed devices: avoid IO_SYNC for increased
>                      performance but at the risk of deadlocking the entire
>                      kernel.
>
> with mount's -o async mode, used at the filesystem layer on any
> device.  The latter does not have deadlocks.

Hi Kris,

so we can safely add async to `tmpmfs_flags' in /etc/defaults/rc.conf?

If that is so, do you want me to make the change, or do you want to do
this?
Received on Wed May 24 2006 - 18:35:08 UTC

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