On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Werner Almesberger wrote:
> Alexander Viro wrote:
> >> # mount /dev/foo /mnt
> >> # cd /mnt
> >> # demon &
> >> # pivot_root . /old
> >
> > ??? Come again? What arguments will pivot_root(2) get?
>
> Sorry, better make this "old", not "/old".
> pivot_root(2) then gets "." (being /mnt/.) and "old" (being /mnt/old).
Umm... So you want demon running with both root and cwd at new root,
right? (At least looks like sys_pivot_root() will do that, but then I'm
half-sleeping right now). With the proposed change (and rootfs) if would
happen all by itself without the cd /mnt above. OK, I'll have to think
about the possible nasty cases. When I'll get some sleep...
Cheers,
Al
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