linux-kernel - Re: Adding subroot information to /proc/mounts, or obtaining that through other means

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:46:54 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
CC:	Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, util-linux-ng@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Adding subroot information to /proc/mounts, or obtaining that
 through other means

Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> 
> What happens with the (sick) case of spaces in directory names?
> Also is it really nicely defined that there is no way to put a space
> in an option in any of the filesystems?   I suppose someone
> particularly sick could have a device node in a directory with a space
> in it.  It would be nice if new formats for this are being defined
> to make it cover everything.
> 

That's already handled just fine:

bash-3.1$ mkdir /tmp/'Jag är: \
en liten mask'
bash-3.1$ sudo mount -t tmpfs none '/tmp/Jag är: \
en liten mask'/
bash-3.1$ tail -1 /proc/mounts
none /tmp/Jag\040är:\040\134\012en\040liten\040mask tmpfs rw 0 0
bash-3.1$

	-hpa
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