In message <20201025213509.GA1671@brick>, Edward Tomasz Napierala writes: > On 1025T0717, Cy Schubert wrote: > > In message <[email protected]. > c > > om> > > , Oliver Pinter writes: > > > On Sunday, October 25, 2020, Edward Tomasz Napierala <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Author: trasz > > > > Date: Sun Oct 25 14:09:00 2020 > > > > New Revision: 367038 > > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/367038 > > > > > > > > Log: > > > > Remove the check that prevents creating "loops" from mount_nullfs(8). > > > > > > > > > > > The simple question is: why? > > > > I was about to ask that myself. > > > > The why is usually more important than the how. > > Two reasons. > > First, from what I can tell this is an artificial limitation which serves > no purpose. I thought it was to prevent some kind of deadlock between > vnodes, so I asked kib@, and he mentioned removing that very limitation > from the kernel code; thus, it looks to me like a historical leftover. > > Second, I've stumbled upon this when trying to nullfs-mount '/' on > '/compat/ubuntu/bsd/', which would be useful for autochroot functionality, > when (or if) it becomes a thing.
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