[Unionfs] Can't mount NFS-exported union anymore in unionfs-1.4

hooanon05 at yahoo.co.jp hooanon05 at yahoo.co.jp
Fri Nov 24 06:39:28 EST 2006


Michael Creel:
> I was successfully exporting a unionfs share without the imap option using ver. 
> 1.3. Is the necessity something new with ver. 1.4? I was unable to export using 
> 1.4 using the patch Wilhem Meier posted the other day, but I didn't try the imap 
> option.
> 
> I'm willing to do some testing if I can get step-by-step instructions of what to 
> try.

Without imap option, the inode number may be changed silently and
unexpectedly. After changing, nfs daemon will not work correctly and
produce an error.

Is your CONFIG_EXPORTFS defined as module, or static? The patch I
mentioned a few days ago depends upon its definition.


Junjiro Okajima


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