From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arvid Picciani Subject: procfs: provide ipc mountpoint Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:22:00 +0100 Message-ID: <87wryieaxz.fsf@exys.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from samir.ibcsolutions.de ([78.47.90.66]:34530 "EHLO samir.ibcsolutions.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756617Ab0BLPy5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:54:57 -0500 Received: from g229089239.adsl.alicedsl.de ([92.229.89.239] helo=barf) by samir.ibcsolutions.de with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NfxLn-0000nJ-9K for linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:22:35 +0100 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Greetings, is it possible to provide an empty directory "ipc" in procfs, so we can mount ipcfs on top of it? It has been suggested to submit ipcfs as part of a procfs patch, but i realize most people will prefer dbus over unix pipes. I think providing an empty /proc/ipc doesn't hurt that much. Let me know if that works out for everyone, and i'll go supply a patch. thanks. -- Arvid