From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120]:60569 "EHLO cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752572AbaA3OPN (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:15:13 -0500 Message-ID: <52EA5E6F.6040203@ubuntu.com> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:15:11 -0500 From: Phillip Susi MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karel Zak CC: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: pivot_root depreciated? References: <52E91888.4080601@ubuntu.com> <20140130081651.GE22884@x2.net.home> In-Reply-To: <20140130081651.GE22884@x2.net.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 1/30/2014 3:16 AM, Karel Zak wrote: > everyone switched to our switch_root :-) Except apparently for the systemd folks, which for some odd reason like the idea of keeping around the initrd for the life of the system so init can "return" to it ( yuck! ). > Anyway, I don't see any info about pivot_root syscall deprecation > in Linux kernel source tree. Me neither, but then why switch_root? I thought the whole reason it came about was because Linus et al considered pivot_root() to have been a terrible idea. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJS6l5vAAoJEI5FoCIzSKrwaXoIAJ+aU1qEbvIjUqyZjQmbf3tV zvDLwxK+BGtf7YYjqpe/SaU6nfusdjyALiLUYvwhbT4QbjBqxhcvbbNhe9Om0VSC ClOdL/+aeHhjmy5GENeeaT1QKmVj5k/lHe/8u0eAF4Ha9GDPeSctq7ExhO1NzRVw kibYrlMWrSKa4NrAw0lJYGQUrCMnksRqvLPM8r5T1xW6+GzUgideHR4K40i7sVnk tNAQKdgTn8E3R0vUZfNIFvIlLwcZFWCjJxIFXB5ibq3zauNtW9kCU86r9+lN1E7I ZHywaMb/w7qlFLDXrNMp0EPP8gisfhEFalWjhERraSeJthH4s865u6tFKCts7Dw= =TQZ1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----