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-rw-r--r--gnu/system/vm.scm41
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index b7bccd72a4..70f7b00116 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -87,41 +87,6 @@
;; conservative default.
(define %default-msize-value (* 100 (expt 2 20))) ;100 MiB
-(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")
- (type "9p")
- (needed-for-boot? #t)
- (flags '(read-only))
- (options (format #f "trans=virtio,cache=loose,msize=~a"
- %default-msize-value))
- (check? #f))
- (file-system
- (mount-point "/xchg")
- (device "xchg")
- (type "9p")
- (needed-for-boot? #t)
- (options (format #f "trans=virtio,msize=~a" %default-msize-value))
- (check? #f))
- (file-system
- (mount-point "/tmp")
- (device "tmp")
- (type "9p")
- (needed-for-boot? #t)
- (options (format #f "trans=virtio,cache=loose,msize=~a"
- %default-msize-value))
- (check? #f))))
-
-
;;;
;;; VMs that share file systems with the host.
;;;
@@ -145,6 +110,12 @@
(device (file-system->mount-tag source))
(type "9p")
(flags (if writable? '() '(read-only)))
+
+ ;; The 9p documentation says that cache=loose is "intended for
+ ;; exclusive, read-only mounts", without additional details. It's
+ ;; faster than the default cache=none, especially when copying and
+ ;; registering store items. Thus, use cache=loose, except for writable
+ ;; mounts, to ensure consistency.
(options (string-append "trans=virtio"
(if writable? "" ",cache=loose")
",msize=" (number->string %default-msize-value)))