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* mount namespace : who mounted what ?
@ 2010-06-03 20:04 Daniel Lezcano
  2010-06-04  4:01 ` Al Viro
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Lezcano @ 2010-06-03 20:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux Kernel Mailing List

Hi all,

I was wondering, in a new mount namespace, if it is possible to know 
which mount points were inherited and which were mounted in a new 
namespace ?

I looked at /proc/<pid>/mountinfo and investigated a bit on the mount 
id, but this one is not reliable as it changes in the new namespace. The 
/proc/<pid>/mounts file shows all the mount points visible for the 
process inherited or not.

Any ideas ?

Thanks
   -- Daniel

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* Re: mount namespace : who mounted what ?
  2010-06-03 20:04 mount namespace : who mounted what ? Daniel Lezcano
@ 2010-06-04  4:01 ` Al Viro
  2010-06-04 10:14   ` Daniel Lezcano
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Al Viro @ 2010-06-04  4:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Daniel Lezcano; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List

On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 10:04:13PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I was wondering, in a new mount namespace, if it is possible to know
> which mount points were inherited and which were mounted in a new
> namespace ?
> 
> I looked at /proc/<pid>/mountinfo and investigated a bit on the
> mount id, but this one is not reliable as it changes in the new
> namespace. The /proc/<pid>/mounts file shows all the mount points
> visible for the process inherited or not.

No more than "had it been this process that mmaped that area or was it
inherited from the parent?"

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* Re: mount namespace : who mounted what ?
  2010-06-04  4:01 ` Al Viro
@ 2010-06-04 10:14   ` Daniel Lezcano
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Lezcano @ 2010-06-04 10:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Al Viro; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List

On 06/04/2010 06:01 AM, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 10:04:13PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>    
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was wondering, in a new mount namespace, if it is possible to know
>> which mount points were inherited and which were mounted in a new
>> namespace ?
>>
>> I looked at /proc/<pid>/mountinfo and investigated a bit on the
>> mount id, but this one is not reliable as it changes in the new
>> namespace. The /proc/<pid>/mounts file shows all the mount points
>> visible for the process inherited or not.
>>      
> No more than "had it been this process that mmaped that area or was it
> inherited from the parent?"
>    

Ok, thanks.

I thought it may be interessting to add this information in the procfs 
(eg. /proc/<pid>/mountprivate) but wrt your remark that should have no 
sense as, to be consistent, we should do the same for all kind of 
inherited resources.

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