Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:32:07 +0930 | From | David Newall <> | Subject | Re: sys_chroot+sys_fchdir Fix |
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Philipp Marek wrote: > AFAIK pivot_root() changes the / mapping for *all* processes, no? >
The manual page is confusing. It even admits to being "intentionally vague". However the goal seems clear:
"pivot_root() moves the root file system of the current process to the directory put_old and makes new_root the new root file system of the current process" -- man 2 pivot_root
There's an argument that pivot_root could be improved... - 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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