Am 05.06.2013 14:45, schrieb Serge Hallyn: > Quoting Tomas Pospisek (t...@sourcepole.ch): >> Am 03.06.2013 23:38, schrieb Serge Hallyn: >>> Create a loopfile backed container by doing: >>> >>> lxc-create -B loop -t template -n name >>> >>> or >>> >>> lxc-clone -B loop -o dir1 -n loop1 >>> >>> The rootfs in the configuration file will be >>> >>> loop:/var/lib/lxc/loop1/rootdev >> >> While I applaud usability improvements, I am not sure VMs in a loopback >> device should be promoted. >> >> It's known that the loopback device can deadlock and loose data >> [1][2][3], which I find highly problematic. > > Hm, but all three of those links are specifically about drbd on loopback. > We could add a documentation note (not sure where - lxc-create man > page?) about running drbd nodes on loopback-backed containers...
I remember some discussion on LWN about loopback deadlocking and also some non-drbd related discussion on lkml. But I don't have those links handy and can't find them. I have this here [4] which looks related. *t [4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/204133 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j _______________________________________________ Lxc-devel mailing list Lxc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-devel
