Re: [[Patch mdadm] 2/5] Move the files mdmon opens into /dev/ to support handoff after pivotroot

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Doug Ledford wrote:
> On 02/01/2010 05:42 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>
>   
>> In other words, it's not where you put it, it's where you *didn't* put
>> it, that seems to be an
>> invitation to put stuff just anywhere. Neil argues that they are not
>> devices, I argue that
>> they are PIDs. It's not as though it were a huge effort to move it after
>> pivot root, it's a little code
>> or script and in space which will be released.
>>     
>
> On the pid files I see your point.  Not that it changes the problem, but
> it does at least point out that more needs to be done and that the
> current solution is incomplete.
>
>   
Good, and your point about context and such is well taken. I still feel 
that the way to
solve this would be to copy *just* the PID files to a real /var/run and 
any directories
being created would have default permissions. It just feels as if 
there's a single point
at which this could be done. And of course "if you broke it, you should 
fix it." That's
a popular thing Linus said, but the principle dates back to MULTICS, at 
least (70's).

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Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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