Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:23:52 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: namespace question |
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On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 02:31:02PM -0400, cspalletta@adelphia.net wrote: > > > Running a kernel module using dpath iteratively on the mnt_mountpoint member ... I get a curious doubling of the mount point names: > > >> proc /proc/proc proc > >> sysfs /sys/sys sysfs > >> devpts /dev/pts/dev/pts devpts > >> tmpfs /dev/shm/dev/shm tmpfs > >> /dev/hda1 /boot/boot ext2 > >> usbfs /proc/bus/usb/bus/usb usbfs > > > Using the same algorithm with mnt_root produces correct results. > > > > dentry = dget(vfsmnt_ptr->mnt_mountpoint); > > > > should be: > > > > dentry = dget(vfsmnt_ptr->mnt_root); > > Yes I pointed that out above - what I want to know is why the doubling of the names for mnt_mntpoint. It must be used for something, I suppose.
You are passing d_path() inconsistent arguments and get BS result. Garbage in, garbage out... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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