Re: mount -f regression in v2.21's new-mount

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On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 04:30:02AM -0700, Matthew Burgess wrote:
> 
> Thanks!  Is there a consensus opinion on whether users should be
> using a regular mtab or a symlink to /proc/self/mountinfo?

I've seen a couple of quite nasty bugs with regular mtab (caused by
the fact that /etc/mtab got out of sync with /proc/self/mounts) so
I'd recommend to avoid regular /etc/mtab wherever possible.

My 2c,

Petr

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