In article <e10gzo8-0003ko...@fanf.noc.demon.net>,
Tony Finch <d...@dotat.at> wrote:
> Luigi Rizzo <lu...@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> wrote:
> >
> >i just experienced the above today while trying diskless, and while
> >ls only seems to return the entries for the topmost directory, files
> >are accessible if you know the name. no idea if this is of any help.
>
> This is exactly the right pointer, thanks! The problem appears to be
> the change between revs 1.108 and 1.109 of sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c. A
> couple of (very similar) blocks of code related to `mount -o union`
> seem to have been mixed up with some code related to `mount -t union`
> and therefore removed. It's a shame that the two things get confused
> so much. I originally missed vfs_syscalls.c because a `find
> /usr/src/sys | xargs grep MNT_UNION` on 3.1 didn't show it. Replacing
> the errant code fixes the problem. Here's a patch against 1.112.2.1.
Great sleuthing, guys!
John
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