From: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>
To: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>, Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pivot_root broken in 2.6.15-rc1-mm2
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:32:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87oe48kak6.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200511250716.29127.rob@landley.net> (Rob Landley's message of "Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:16:28 -0600")
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Rob Landley prattled cheerily:
> (Another is that calling chroot and such after deleting their binaries out of
> initramfs but before the paths are adjusted so that the ones in the new root
> can find their shared libraries is a bit of a headache. It's a lot easier to
> just have it all in one binary that's already loaded everything it needs and
> frees its memory on exec.)
Oh yes, agreed 100%: this is one of those rare places where doing shell-like
stuff in a tiny dedicated binary really does make sense.
--
`Y'know, London's nice at this time of year. If you like your cities
freezing cold and full of surly gits.' --- David Damerell
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-25 15:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-23 2:07 pivot_root broken in 2.6.15-rc1-mm2 Neil Brown
2005-11-23 2:15 ` Al Viro
2005-11-23 2:38 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2005-11-23 3:01 ` Neil Brown
2005-11-23 12:02 ` Rob Landley
2005-11-25 11:52 ` Nix
2005-11-25 13:16 ` Rob Landley
2005-11-25 15:32 ` Nix [this message]
2005-11-23 11:43 ` Rob Landley
2005-11-24 5:09 ` Neil Brown
2005-11-24 5:54 ` [PATCH] " Rob Landley
2005-11-25 11:53 ` Nix
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