Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266186AbUITJqG (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Sep 2004 05:46:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266187AbUITJqG (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Sep 2004 05:46:06 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:33190 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266186AbUITJqD (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Sep 2004 05:46:03 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:46:02 +0200 From: Olaf Hering To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: OOM & [OT] util-linux-2.12e Message-ID: <20040920094602.GA24466@suse.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-DOS: I got your 640K Real Mode Right Here Buddy! X-Homeland-Security: You are not supposed to read this line! You are a terrorist! User-Agent: Mutt und vi sind doch schneller als Notes (und GroupWise) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 886 Lines: 24 On Mon, Sep 20, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > then /etc/mtab can die. Comments? Better solutions? Andries, /etc/mtab is obsolete since the day when /proc/self/mounts was introduced. So, kill it today from your mount binary! TODAY. ... Then discuss what is still missing from /proc/self/mounts: - the 'user' option for umount must be handled in some way - loop mounts do not map to the real filename, users cant open the device node to run losetup on it. I think it will also get relative path names. - fix all broken apps that still rely on mtab. like GNU df(1) -- USB is for mice, FireWire is for men! sUse lINUX ag, nÜRNBERG - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/