Hi, when using the newest Debian (testing) kernel 3.16.7 and its aufs.ko 3.16-20140908 and the current aufs-utils origin/aufs3.14, the mounting takes about 15 seconds for each AUFS-mount:
# mkdir -p /tmp/aufstest/ro /tmp/aufstest/rw /tmp/aufstest/dest # time mount -t aufs -o br=/tmp/aufstest/rw=rw:/tmp/aufstest/ro=ro aufs /tmp/aufstest/dest real 0m14.929s user 0m0.160s sys 0m1.916s strace shows, that this happens because many repeating (more than 45000) sleeps: ... ioctl(4, AGPIOC_ALLOCATE, 0) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not supported) nanosleep({0, 100000}, NULL) = 0 ioctl(4, AGPIOC_ALLOCATE, 0) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not supported) 2174 nanosleep({0, 100000}, NULL) = 0 ... I have no idea, what this means. This does not happen, when using Debian's aufs-tools which a version number that seems outdated to me: 1:3.2+20130722-1.1 Should I remove the self-compiled aufs-utils and use Debians aufs-tools? Best regards, Erik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/