From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: Mathieu Dube <mathieu.dube@nexsan.ca>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mountpoint information a get_sb
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:32:27 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061123183227.GL3078@ftp.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1164283656.15003.4.camel@mdube>
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 12:07:36PM +0000, Mathieu Dube wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the fs Im building needs to know where its being mounted prior to
> creating its superblock.
>
> struct vfsmount that is passed to my fs specific get_sb has
> mnt_mountpoint set to NULL.
>
> I assume this is the normal behavior and I am looking for a way to
> obtain information about the mount point my fs is being mounted on.
It might be mounted at any number of places, including 0. Moreover,
it might be mounted at some place only to be immediately moved
elsewhere.
The question makes no sense.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-23 18:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-23 12:07 mountpoint information a get_sb Mathieu Dube
2006-11-23 18:32 ` Al Viro [this message]
2006-11-23 13:51 ` Mathieu Dube
2006-11-23 18:53 ` Matthew Wilcox
2006-11-23 19:46 ` Al Viro
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