Hi unionfs lovers, It is possible to mount unionfs multiple times more than once at a mount point. However, exceeding multiple mounts could consume kernel stack over its limits and lead a system panic easily. Some users reported that they got a system panic by multiple unionfs mounts. So I make a preproduction prototype to check multiple mounts, cross mounts, recursive mounts and the combination of those of unionfs and prevent that situation. http://people.freebsd.org/~daichi/unionfs/experiments/unionfs-cross-mount3.diff It is adjustable with sysctl value 'vfs.unionfs.recursive_limit' as multiple mounts limits. The default value is 1 and it means two-layered ok. Max value of 'vfs.unionfs.recursive_limit' is 8, it is heuristic value. I couldn't get a system panic unless 'vfs.unionfs.recursive_limit' is over 8. Test reports, suggestions and new patches are always welcome. I'm considering to get merged into current if there are no issues and problems. -- Daichi GOTOReceived on Thu Apr 21 2011 - 04:06:07 UTC
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