linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 08/12] man/man2/move_mount.2: document "new" mount API

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Message-ID: <198c7335dba.d74f2e4174912.2623547306023456362@zohomail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:18:09 +0400
From: Askar Safin <safinaskar@...omail.com>
To: "Aleksa Sarai" <cyphar@...har.com>
Cc: "Alejandro Colomar" <alx@...nel.org>,
	"Michael T. Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	"Alexander Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"Jan Kara" <jack@...e.cz>,
	"G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@...il.com>,
	"linux-man" <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-api" <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David Howells" <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	"Christian Brauner" <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 08/12] man/man2/move_mount.2: document "new" mount
 API

 ---- On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:36:53 +0400  Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com> wrote --- 
 > > "Filesystem root" can be understood as "root of superblock".
 > > So, please, change this to "root directory" or something.
 > 
 > Maybe I should borrow the "root mount" terminology from pivot_root(2)?

I don't like this. For me "root mount" is initial root mount, i. e. initramfs.
It is not what you mean here.

 > I didn't like using "rootfs" as
 > shorthand in a man-page.

I agree.

What you mean by "filesystem root" here? "Thing, which is changed by chroot(2)", right?
Then, please, write "root directory" (or "root"), this is standard term for that thing.
Or you can just write "/".

--
Askar Safin
https://types.pl/@safinaskar