linux-kernel - Re: [patch] VFS: extend /proc/mounts

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Message-ID: <20080116234339.GG26049@petra.dvoda.cz>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:43:39 +0100
From:	Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, util-linux-ng@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxram@...ibm.com, viro@....linux.org.uk, hch@...radead.org,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl
Subject: Re: [patch] VFS: extend /proc/mounts

On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 02:30:51PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:12:31 +0100
> Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote:
> > 
> > In theory it could break userspace, but I think it's very unlikely to
> > do so, because stuff is added only at the end of the lines, and
> > because most programs probably parse it through the libc interface
> > which is not broken by this change.  Despite this, it should be tested
> > on as many systems as possible.
> 
> Seems like a plain bad idea to me.  There will be any number of home-made
> /proc/mounts parsers and we don't know what they do.

 So, let's use /proc/mounts_v2  ;-)

    Karel

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