On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:07:48PM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > lock_mount(path, follow) > retry: > lock path->dentry->d_inode > if unlikely(can't mount) > unlock > fail > grab namespace_sem > if !follow || likely(lookup_mnt() returns NULL) > we are done > drop namespace_sem > unlock > drop path > replace it with result of lookup_mnt() (and its ->mnt_root) > goto retry; > > and use that (local to fs/namespace.c) in do_add_mount()/do_move_mount()/ > do_loopback() (with follow = 1) and pivot_root() (follow = 0). BTW, > the lack of following in do_loopback() looks like a bug... So's the lack of following on old in pivot_root, actually. IOW, follow argument is always 1... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
