Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:40:12 +0100 (CET) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: [BUG] sysfs on 2.5.48 unable to remove files while in use |
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Hi,
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Patrick Mochel wrote:
> [ From a purist standpoint, it's still a little weird. Al has been telling > me for ages that the only proper way to do it is to have each object get a > mountpoint instead of a directory. According to him, which I generally > take as gospel, it's the only way to do in-kernel filesystems in a > race-free way. It's hard, and IIRC, there are several infrastructural > changes that must take place in order for it to happen. (I think I still > have the IRC log somewhere..) But, it might happen someday.. ]
What advantages do mountpoints have compared to normal directories?
bye, Roman
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