linux-kernel - Re: RFE?: why no 'bind' info in /proc/mounts?

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Message-ID: <20131101151521.2fa0b434@notabene.brown>
Date:	Fri, 1 Nov 2013 15:15:21 +1100
From:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Linda Walsh <lkml@...nx.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFE?: why no 'bind' info in /proc/mounts?

On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:06:01 -0700 Linda Walsh <lkml@...nx.org> wrote:

> 
> If I only mount 1 file (or a subdir) via "bind", it still shows the entire
> device being mounted on the "bound" directory.
> 
> Is there anyway to get a bit more granularity as to *what* was
> bound on a name?  (subdir/file..?)

Take a look in /proc/self/mountinfo.  It contains more useful stuff about the
mount table which couldn't be put in /proc/mounts without breaking
compatibility.

NeilBrown

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