Re: [PATCH] Make sysctl a separate filesystem

[Jan Engelhardt]

On Feb 15 2008 08:34, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> >
>> >Doing it automatically is the only acceptable way, IMO.
>> 
>> For time being only.
>> 
>> The kernel (currently) only auto-mounts invisible filesystems.
>
>like /root, sysfs, futexfs, pipefs, anon_inodefs, bdev, devpts,
>hugetlbfs, inotifyfs ?

Yes?

/ (double case - initramfs or kernel), sysfs, devpts and
hugetlbfs can be mounted using mount(8) (or mount(2)), so
userspace can - and distro scripts do just that - mount them.

futexfs, pipefs, anon_inodefs, bdev and inotifyfs are 'invisible'
filesystems in that you cannot mount them yourself and that you
do not usually get to see them except probably when readlink(2)ing
on /proc/X/fd/N.
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