also sprach Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> [2010.02.09.1038 +1300]:
> I could probably actually live with "/dev/run" as the permanent
> home for the mdmon files: /dev/run/mdmon/*.{sock,pid} It
> addresses most of the issues I had with the original suggestion
> (hidden files, non-generic approach) so the "cons" are weaker.
> And I now understand the "pros" better (races with cleaning
> /var/run, issues with unmounting /var etc).
Note that initramfs already carries /dev across the pivot_root, and
initramfs already uses /dev/.initramfs to carry stuff across.
I am not sure /dev/run will fly past the Debian Police. On the other
hand, it would be convenient, since it'll work out-of-the-box, at
least on Debian systems. I don't really like the idea of a symlink
in / though. Nor do I really have a better idea.
> Anyone second the motion?
I am all for finding a solution that works, but I don't think it's
as easy as "the standards are slow, so let's just forge ahead with
mdadm only and give them something to standardise".
I wouldn't mind avoiding all the bikeshedding, and maybe it'll just
work, but having to change things later might possibly be a lot of
trouble — after all, we don't want to break people's systems then.
On the other hand, this is something that is reinitialised on every
boot, isn't it? If that's the case and there don't seem to be
complications with a later move, then I say: yeah, let's go ahead.
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