If I have a fstab that contains: UUID=1f976144-6c23-4622-bf6c-cd9821acc49d /var/log btrfs subvol=@/var/log 0 0 /var/log /local/nfsv4/log none bind,private When calling "mount -a" multiple times, it mounts the bind mount again and again. Here are related mountinfo entries with my kernel: 44 34 0:30 /@/var/log /var/log rw,relatime shared:27 - btrfs /dev/vda2 rw,space_cache,subvolid=269,subvol=/@/var/log 95 34 0:30 /@/var/log /local/nfsv4/log rw,relatime - btrfs /dev/vda2 rw,space_cache,subvolid=269,subvol=/@/var/log Debugging this case, I found that the btrfs specific code in mnt_table_get_fs_root() returns bad value: after remove_mountpoint_from_path() root is "/" mnt_table_find_target(tb, "/var/log", MNT_ITER_BACKWARD) returns src_root set to "/@/var/log". startswith() does not match and the snprintf() attempts to construct the final root value by concatenating of both strings: FS root result: /@/var/log/ It looks strange, and it does not work: Then it returns to mnt_table_is_fs_mounted(), and the iterator while (mnt_table_next_fs(tb, &itr, &fs) == 0) could never get a match. In section starting with if (root) and mnt_fs_get_root(fs) returns "/@/var/log" This is compared with "/@/var/log/" above, and match is never got. Here is a possible easy fix. If it is correct, the code should be simplified to remove string copying there. I am not sure whether it has any side effect, but it helps in my case. Note that 41510d26ddd9a4c83f8589dded539e2985535dcf added a patch to "else if" part of this if, that is also a bit suspicious: btrfs path should not contain "//" instead of "/{subvolume}/", at least not in a correct use. --- libmount/src/tab.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/libmount/src/tab.c b/libmount/src/tab.c index 0df8d49..44894e9 100644 --- a/libmount/src/tab.c +++ b/libmount/src/tab.c @@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ struct libmnt_fs *mnt_table_get_fs_root(struct libmnt_table *tb, if (!tmp) goto err; - snprintf(tmp, sz, "%s%s", src_root, root); + snprintf(tmp, sz, "%s", src_root); free(root); root = tmp; } -- 2.6.3 -- Best Regards / S pozdravem, Stanislav Brabec software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: sbrabec@xxxxxxxx Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +49 911 7405384547 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 284 084 001 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ PGP: 830B 40D5 9E05 35D8 5E27 6FA3 717C 209F A04F CD76 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html