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From: Jan Christoph Nordholz <hesso@pool.math.tu-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: Race condition in autofs 4.1.4
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:45:56 +0100
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Hi Ian,

> I've just remembered that there are a number of patches for 4.1.4
> (mostly from Jeff Moyer) that I need to review and merge but I haven't
> got to it get.
>=20
> One of them changes autofs to use /proc/mounts instead of /etc/mtab
> which may be more appealing than using the symlink approach.
>=20
> We could try this patch but I don't have a Debian install to check if
> the patch applies to it. It would be out of order as well so may be a
> bit of work to merge. I'm also not sure what patches are included in the
> Debian package. I could just make it apply to 4.1.4 on top of the
> patches on kernel.org and see how it goes for you.

I could certainly lend a hand wrt testing its integration into Debian.
Is there a place where unofficial or unreviewed patches are kept, so I
could have a look? - Btw, how did Steinar usually forward patch suggestions
upstream? Is there a dedicated address or a subject convention to tag those
messages?


Regards,

Jan

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