Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751181AbWCSJ1i (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:27:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751469AbWCSJ1i (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:27:38 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:19617 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751181AbWCSJ1i (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:27:38 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:27:33 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Neil Brown cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Who uses the 'nodev' flag in /proc/filesystems ??? In-Reply-To: <17436.60328.242450.249552@cse.unsw.edu.au> Message-ID: References: <17436.60328.242450.249552@cse.unsw.edu.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 751 Lines: 23 > >Hence the question in the subject: > > Who uses the 'nodev' flag in /proc/filesystems? > >Are there any known users of this flag? > pam_mount. If a specific filesystem is nodev, --bind or --move, fsck is skipped. If you want to change /proc/filesystems, you can do so as long as you provide an alternative ;) Does not need to be stable, as /proc/filesystems is only used when a volume is initially mounted in pam_mount. Jan Engelhardt -- | Software Engineer and Linux/Unix Network Administrator - 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/