Re: mount -f regression in v2.21's new-mount

Petr Uzel
2012-03-09T14:22:17Z

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 460 bytes --]

On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 04:30:02AM -0700, Matthew Burgess wrote:
>
> Thanks! Is there a consensus opinion on whether users should be
> using a regular mtab or a symlink to /proc/self/mountinfo?

I've seen a couple of quite nasty bugs with regular mtab (caused by
the fact that /etc/mtab got out of sync with /proc/self/mounts) so
I'd recommend to avoid regular /etc/mtab wherever possible.

My 2c,

Petr

--
Petr Uzel
IRC: ptr_uzl @ freenode

[-- Attachment #2: Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 198 bytes --]