Re: _reliable_ way to get the dev for a mount point?

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> > stat(mnt_point, &statbuf); then walk through /dev and stat each
> > device, check that it is a block device and that st_rdev matches
> > the statbuf.st_rdev. When you get a match, you know a device
> > name for the directory.
>
> is devfs walkable ? I mean, no loops or infinite dynamically generated
> directory ?

If not, you still can do that but walk method must be clever
(do 1-level deep search, then 2-level, etc)

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