Jeff Garzik wrote:
[...]
>
> Bug 1 - don't softlink directly to /proc/mounts :) embedded guys
> typically do this, and you see why it bites you in the ass :)
>
Jeff, this remembers me on some discussion on LKML we had almost
exactly 2 years ago (look for the thread starting with Message-ID
Pine.LNX.4.02.10010251043060.5657-100000@rimbaud.xss.co.at)
Do you remember?
My opinion on this issue is still the same:
- Not only "embedded guys" symlink /etc/mtab to /proc/mounts!
We do this for years now on our diskless workstations, because
here our root-fs (and therefore /etc) is mounted readonly and
so there is no way to update a _regular_ "/etc/mtab" file on
a running system.
- /etc should contain only static configuration information.
The table of mounted filesystems is not this kind of data.
It's state information and should live somewhere else.
- the table of mounted filesystems is information which
the kernel must have, anyway. Why maintain a separate
file in userspace?
Comments?
- Andreas
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