Re: 2.4 bug: fifo-write causes diskwrites to read-only fs !

[Nuno Silva (nuno.silva@vgertech.com)]

Rob van Nieuwkerk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It turns out that Linux is updating inode timestamps of fifos (named
> pipes) that are written to while residing on a read-only filesystem.
> It is not only updating in-ram info, but it will issue *physical*
> writes to the read-only fs on the disk !

Hi!

I can't give a solution but the workaround is obvious:
mount -t ramfs none /myFifos

Regards,
Nuno Silva



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