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Re: [Nbd] Deadlock Issues with Local NBD Server



> I'm interested in setting up a FUSE-like infrastructure in userspace that will
> use NBD and allow people to develop virtual block devices without having to
> write any kernel code. For example, one of the things I would like to do is
> create a deduplicating block device, and it would be easiest if I could

Dedupping block device? Something like http://vanheusden.com/java/BlackHole/ ?

> I have read about similar attempts and I know that there are deadlock issues
> associated with running NBD as a client and server on the same machine. So I was

As far as I experienced this only happens with swap on nbd.



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