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Followup to:  <bda6d13a0606091613h3334facbrcb86dbb2de01b412@mail.gmail.com>
By author:    "Joshua Hudson" <joshudson@gmail.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> Should work if the following is true:
>    if pwd is /, mount / followed by ls . retunrs the contents of initramfs.

It does, and it does work as described.  Again, see the referenced code.

You can also fchdir() to the rootfs if you have a file descriptor to
any directory therein.

	-hpa