From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 04:35:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 04:35:18 -0400 Received: from AMontpellier-201-1-1-55.abo.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.31.55]:20228 "EHLO awak") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 04:35:10 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.4.9: multiply mounting filesystem From: Xavier Bestel To: Ulrich Windl Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3BA5BE90.29409.43AC7B@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3BA5BE90.29409.43AC7B@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mailer: Evolution/0.13.99+cvs.2001.09.14.21.31 (Preview Release) Date: 17 Sep 2001 10:30:29 +0200 Message-Id: <1000715429.4422.14.camel@nomade> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org le lun 17-09-2001 at 09:12 Ulrich Windl a écrit : > Hi, > > yesterday I mounted a filesystem /dev/sda9 (resierfs) twice (first time > as /, second time as /mnt) by mistake. Neither kernel nor mount program > complained. I'm very much afraid this could corrupt the filesystem. Or > is Linux really smart enough to handle the case? It's indeed a new feature of 2.4 kernels. Xav