linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Check the mtd device in do_emergency

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Message-ID: <20080421174853.GA15690@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:48:53 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Michael Trimarchi <trimarchimichael@...oo.it>
Cc:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Trimarchi <michael@...dence.eu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Check the mtd device in do_emergency_remount()

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 04:27:05PM +0000, Michael Trimarchi wrote:
> Allow superblocks managed by the mtd layer to be remounted.

Please just rip out do_emergency_remount entirely.  It's the equivalent
to and attempted full-filesystem revoke and just can't work.

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