* Harry G. Coin ([email protected]) wrote: > Though it's likely been written before: > > Virtio-fs is a wonderful productivity boost in development environments > in which unrelated deadlocks, crashes and hard-lockups happen. Why? > Because the underlying file system is never corrupted (though individual > file contents may be, the file system itself is protected). For > example, using btrfs' snapshot ability in the underlying file system and > comparing 'before and after' crashes creates a powerful debugging tool.
Thanks! I'm curious, can you describe a bit more about how you're using it with btrfs - I don't think we've had anyone describe that before. (We mostly use it with overlayfs via the various container tools). Dave > I suspect most folks involved in virtio-fs know this, but it's worth > putting in the record for new folks. > > Harry > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Virtio-fs mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virtio-fs -- Dr. David Alan Gilbert / [email protected] / Manchester, UK _______________________________________________ Virtio-fs mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virtio-fs
