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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: rootfs exposure in /proc/mounts
From:       Christoph Hellwig <hch () infradead ! org>
Date:       2002-10-27 15:09:36
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On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 10:02:31AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> symlinks directly to /proc/mounts is fine with me -- just don't expect 
> any sympathy when userspace tools don't handle things like $subject.  :) 
>  The answer will be "fix the userspace tools" not "add special case code 
> to the kernel" :)

well, better link to /proc/self/mounts directly, that's where /proc/mounts
links to.  That's another reason why the /etc/mtab-concept is broken:
you might have very different mounts in different processes.

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