Note that this page may be outdated. See NONMPSAFE_DEORBIT_VFS for the ongoing work to update filesystems to be correctly locked and MPSAFE.

File systems by their MPSAFE-ness:

Name

MPSAFE?

Notes

UFS

{*}

-

ZFS

{*}

-

tmpfs

{*}

-

msdosfs

{*}

-

ext2fs

{*}

in 9

NFS

{*}

-

cd9660

{*}

-

UDF

{*}

-

devfs

{*}

-

deadfs

{*}

example fs?

fdescfs

{*}

-

nullfs

{*}

-

pseudofs

{*}

-

unionfs

{*}

-

smbfs

{X}

-

procfs

{X}

probably yes

portalfs

{X}

-

hpfs

{X}

dead?

nwfs

{X}

dead?

fifofs

{X}

-

NTFS

{X}

-

Coda

{X}

-

XFS

{X}

no maint.?

reiserfs

{X}

no maint.?

MPSAFE_VFS (last edited 2011-09-08 12:38:15 by GavinAtkinson)