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 03:21:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 03:21:28 -0400 Received: from rrzd1.rz.uni-regensburg.de ([132.199.1.6]:34309 "EHLO rrzd1.rz.uni-regensburg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 03:21:10 -0400 From: "Ulrich Windl" Organization: Universitaet Regensburg, Klinikum To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 09:12:53 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: 2.4.9: multiply mounting filesystem Message-ID: <3BA5BE90.29409.43AC7B@localhost> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) X-Content-Conformance: HerringScan-0.9/Sophos-3.47+2.4+2.03.072+02 July 2001+64955@20010917.070651Z Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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? Regards, Ulrich P.S. I'm not subscribed here.