Hi, Rene Mayrhofer: > You are completely right - the backend FS was modified (a state file > written). > Now that I understand what "negative" means in this case, I found the > culprit. > Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. > > For the record, the script now simply calls > > mount -o remount /etc > > after the backend filesystem (tmpfs) is modified and everything seems to be > ok. > Is that the proper way to do it or should I prevent any modification when > aufs > is not mounted with udba=inotify?
Simple remount is the best way to tell aufs "forget everything". It means to discard the unused caches. This is the proper way. Note if someone else is referencing dentry or inode, it will NOT be discarded. But that is not your case. J. R. Okajima ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p
