Re: [Patch] mount: check if mtab is writable

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On Jun 20, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
-- Guillaume Rousse
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Signed-off-by: Christiaan Welvaart <spturtle@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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--- nfs-utils-1.1.1/utils/mount/mount.c.bak 2007-10-19 05:07:28.000000000 +0200 +++ nfs-utils-1.1.1/utils/mount/mount.c 2007-12-12 20:27:45.054651566 +0100
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
	if (!fake)
		print_one(spec, mount_point, fs_type, mount_opts);

-	if (!nomtab)
+	if (!nomtab && mtab_is_writable())
		ret = add_mtab(spec, mount_point, fs_type, flags, *extra_opts,
				0, 0 /* these are always zero for NFS */ );
	return ret;

I think the result of this change would be that if the mtab isn't writable (for example, if it's a symlink to /proc/mounts) then add_mtab() wouldn't print an error message saying it couldn't write. That seems harmless enough.

Looking at the shared routine update_mtab(), the first thing it does is check if the mtab exists and is writable. That check should probably be copied to utils/mount/mount.c:add_mtab() instead of using this patch.

I might even advocate moving add_mtab to support/nfs/fstab.c.

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Chuck Lever
chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com
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