Re: PROBLEM: ext2/mount - multiple mounts corrupts inodes

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Followup to: <20020130163730.N763@lynx.adilger.int>
By author: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolabs.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> <stating the obvious>
> Rather than mounting the device to try and see if it is already
> mounted, use /proc/mounts or /etc/mtab or "df" or "mount" output
> instead. Doctor, it hurts when I do this... ;-).
> </stating the obvious>
>

ENOTATOMIC

Might not matter for a human user, but for a daemon like autofs it's
vital that atomicity is preserved.

        -hpa

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