Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jul 1999 19:07:58 +0200 | From | Matthias Riese <> | Subject | Re: mount options for root |
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"Stephen C. Tweedie" wrote: > > Hi, > > On Fri, 09 Jul 1999 15:09:45 +0200, Matthias Riese <mri@megatel.de> > said: > > > /* > > * Alters the mount flags of a mounted file system. Only the mount point > > * is used as a reference - file system type and the device are ignored. > > * FS-specific mount options can't be altered by remounting. > > */ > > > static int do_remount_sb(struct super_block *sb, int flags, char *data) > > > Seems to be a bad idea to change mount options this way? > > That comment appears to be obsolete. We pass the "data" field all the > way from the mount syscall to the filesystem remount method, and > ext2_remount certaily reparses it, so there should be no problem > accepting fs-specific options in a remount.
Yes, it works now. I've mistaken true for false in ext2_remount. The above comment was somewhat confusing, should be deleted IMHO.
Matthias Riese
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