Hi Arnd, I am trying to reproduce this bug. Which kernel version are you using ? BR G.Baroncelli On 07/10/2012 07:55 PM, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote: > On 07/10/2012 10:52 AM, Arnd Hannemann wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Am 10.07.2012 05:30, schrieb Christian Robert: >>> I agree with you, but you should never mount a snapshot of a btrfs filesystem at the same time the original is, >>> because both the original and the snapshot had same "device fsid 5c3e8ca2-da56-4ade-9fef-103a6a8a70c2" > > I think that the kernel should be smarter in this regard. > > At kernel level, as golden rule it should be not possible to add a > duplicate fsid if the previous one is mounted. "btrfs dev scan" MUST > return an error in this case. This in any case is an error. > > Today it seems that if a device with the same fsid is already > registered, the new one overwrites the old one (or almost the name is > overwritten). This could be acceptable if the filesystem is unmounted. I > think that it is a serious error otherwise. > >>> >>> the kernel will tkink twice and fold back to the same device. >> >> If that is correct the bug is that the kernel lets me mount the same device fsid on different devices twice. >> >>> >>> btrsf does not behave like other filesystems, you can't snapshot a btrfs filesystem >>> and hope to mount the snapshot somewhere else. >> >>> snapsoot also duplicate lots of things internally that have no sence in a snapshot (like raid level, single or multiple devies ...) >> >> I see. However, I expect a "simple" btrfs to just work or fail gracefully. >> >> Best regards, >> Arnd >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> . >> > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > . > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
