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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: About /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts
From:       Christoph Hellwig <hch () infradead ! org>
Date:       2003-02-27 16:31:28
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On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 01:00:12PM -0300, Horst von Brand wrote:
> I fail to see any significant difference to /proc/mounts (possibly expanded).
> Sure, /proc is the wrong place for this kind of stuff, but...

In this rare case it's not.  /proc/mounts in fact is only a link
to /proc/self/mounts and that is needed because wecan have per-process
private namespace in Linux now.

(of course this drives the traditional /etc/mtab completly useless)
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