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Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Deadlock with a pool using files on another zfs?

Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Deadlock with a pool using files on another zfs?
From: "Holger Berger"
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:31:55 +0100
On 12/29/06, Eric Schrock <eric.schrock@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 11:23:30PM +0100, Holger Berger wrote:
>
> So the goal is to allow infinite nesting?
>

That would be my guess, based on the fact that disallowing the opposite
is effectively impossible.

I guess it may be possible by adding enough return ERRDONTDOTHAT;
lines in the code but IMO it would greatly limit the usefulness of zfs
in virtualization scenarios.

However, no serious investigation into this
problem has been done.

;(

Holger
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