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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/system/vm.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system/vm.scm | 19 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm index db9b1707d7..22e3fcc522 100644 --- a/gnu/system/vm.scm +++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm @@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ (define %linux-vm-file-systems ;; File systems mounted for 'derivation-in-linux-vm'. These are shared with ;; the host over 9p. + ;; + ;; The 9p documentation says that cache=loose is "intended for exclusive, + ;; read-only mounts", without additional details. It's much faster than the + ;; default cache=none, especially when copying and registering store items. + ;; Thus, use cache=loose, except for /xchg where we want to ensure + ;; consistency. (list (file-system (mount-point (%store-prefix)) (device "store") @@ -102,18 +108,12 @@ (flags '(read-only)) (options "trans=virtio,cache=loose") (check? #f)) - - ;; The 9p documentation says that cache=loose is "intended for - ;; exclusive, read-only mounts", without additional details. In - ;; practice it seems to work well for these, and it's much faster than - ;; the default cache=none, especially when copying and registering - ;; store items. (file-system (mount-point "/xchg") (device "xchg") (type "9p") (needed-for-boot? #t) - (options "trans=virtio,cache=loose") + (options "trans=virtio") (check? #f)) (file-system (mount-point "/tmp") @@ -530,10 +530,7 @@ should set REGISTER-CLOSURES? to #f." #$os #:compressor '(#+(file-append gzip "/bin/gzip") "-9n") #:creation-time (make-time time-utc 0 1) - #:transformations `((,root-directory -> ""))) - - ;; Make sure the tarball is fully written before rebooting. - (sync)))))) + #:transformations `((,root-directory -> "")))))))) (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm name build #:make-disk-image? #f |