linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] concrete /proc/mounts

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Message-ID: <14954.1558897598@jrobl>
Date:   Mon, 27 May 2019 04:06:38 +0900
From:   "J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05g@...il.com>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kolyshkin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] concrete /proc/mounts

Al Viro:
> Translation: let's generate the entire contents on the first read() and keep
> it until the sucker's closed; that way userland wont' see anything changing
> under it.  Oh, wait...
>
> NAK.

Do you mean that the change can hide other mountpoints which are
kept unchanged before/after read()?


J. R. Okajima