From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Amit Uttamchandani <amit.uttam@gmail.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Return status of mnt_context_mount when helper is used
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:12:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120920101259.GD16499@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120919221427.GA25659@amit-debian.lg.local>
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 03:14:27PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:06:38PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >
> > docs:
> >
> > * mnt_context_get_status:
> > * @cxt: mount context
> > *
> > * Global libmount status.
> > *
> > * The real exit code of the mount.type helper has to be tested
> > * by mnt_context_get_helper_status(). The mnt_context_get_status()
> > * only inform that exec() has been successful.
> >
>
> I guess this was implemented after util-linux-2.20.1 since the docs in
> that version does not mention it. Also, it is not implemented in the
> code.
>
> What would you recommend as a work around?
Hmm... the status from mount.<type> is stored in cxt->helper_status,
but this variable is nowhere exported in v2.20.
> Should I statically link
> libmount and bundle it with the application?
Yes, or update to 2.21.2 or v2.22 :-)
Karel
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Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-20 10:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-18 23:08 Return status of mnt_context_mount when helper is used Amit
2012-09-19 10:06 ` Karel Zak
2012-09-19 22:14 ` Amit Uttamchandani
2012-09-20 10:12 ` Karel Zak [this message]
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