linux-kernel - Re: mount --no-canonical seems broken.

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Date:	Tue, 21 May 2013 12:31:34 -0700
From:	Linda Walsh <lkml@...nx.org>
To:	Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>
CC:	util-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: mount --no-canonical seems broken.





Karel Zak wrote:
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 04:30:21PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>   
>>  widely known as "df" or "mount".
>>
>> I might point out that by default,
>>     
>>> findmnt /
>>>       
>> TARGET SOURCE    FSTYPE OPTIONS
>> /      /dev/root xfs    rw,nodiratime,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota
>>     
>>>> l /dev/root
>>>>         
>> ls: cannot access /dev/root: No such file or directory
>>     
>
>  util-linux 2.23 ? 
>  
>  libmount since this version is able to use the root= kernel command
>  line option to convert /dev/root from the /proc/self/mountinfo file
>  to a real device name.
>   
----
    I'm only at 2.19, will get & try newer version.  Thanks!


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