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

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Message-ID: <20070628145308.GD5339@ucw.cz>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:53:08 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.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

Hi!

> > ... or, alternatively, add a subfield to the first field (which would
> > entail escaping whatever separator we choose):
> > 
> > /dev/md6 /export ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
> > /dev/md6:/users/foo /home/foo ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
> > /dev/md6:/users/bar /home/bar ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
> 
> Hell, no.  The first field is in principle impossible to parse unless
> you know the fs type.
> 
> How about making a new file with sane format?  From the very

Well, what about /sysfs, with its one value per file rule?

							Pavel
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