Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc4 | From | Miklos Szeredi <> | Date | Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:34:07 +0200 |
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> Perhaps, if we didn't use /etc/mtab anywhere. > It would make a difference if we could "mount" /proc/mounts onto a file > such as /etc/mtab and everyone always did that.
That's actually remarkably close to being possible. Loopback mounts have already been fixed not to rely on /etc/mtab. The only major piece missing is "user" mounts, and there's already a patchset for that waiting for review by the VFS maintainers. After that, it's just a "simple" issue of fixing up all the userspace pieces. Could be finished in the next decade, possibly ;)
Miklos
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