linux-kernel - Re: mount-2.12r-ggk.tar.gz

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:51:25 +0200
From:	Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>
To:	Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@....nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mount-2.12r-ggk.tar.gz

On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 05:28:18PM +0200, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> > > The above mount makes a feeble attempt to record these flags
> > > in /etc/mtab, but will fail in any nontrivial situation.]
> > 
> >  I don't think that mtab is a good place for this shared subtree
> >  stuff. The mtab needs to die.
> 
> Perhaps. Perhaps not.
> 
> On the one hand I think there is a place for arbitrary user-space info
> about mounted filesystems. With information about who mounted, and at what time.
> What the icon is that should represent this filesystem. What resources are
> associated to this mount, and which program must do the cleanup. Etc.
> Today there is not much user-space info, but there is some.

 See also the "[RFC] obsoleting /etc/mtab" thread:
 http://www.mail-archive.com/util-linux-ng@vger.kernel.org/index.html#00208

    Karel


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 Karel Zak  <kzak@...hat.com>
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