linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3] uml: Fix which_tmpdir failure when /dev/shm is a symlink, and in other edge cases

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Date:	Mon, 08 Jul 2013 22:27:55 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Tristan Schmelcher <tschmelcher@...gle.com>
CC:	jdike@...toit.com, user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3] uml: Fix which_tmpdir failure when /dev/shm is a symlink,
 and in other edge cases

Am 08.07.2013 22:19, schrieb Tristan Schmelcher:
> From: Tristan Schmelcher <tschmelcher@...gle.com>
> 
> which_tmpdir did the wrong thing if /dev/shm was a symlink (e.g., to /run/shm),
> if there were multiple mounts on top of each other, if the mount(s) were
> obscured by a later mount, or if /dev/shm was a prefix of another mount point.
> This fixes these cases. Applies to 3.9.6.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tristan Schmelcher <tschmelcher@...gle.com>

Is this just a resend or did your alter the patch you sent me already?
I'm about to send my UML patches to Linus tomorrow.

Thanks,
//richard
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