==> Regarding RE: [autofs] [patch] umount loopback filessystems on autofs stop; 
"Lever, Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds:

cel> i know that some RHEL AS 2.1 kernels truncate /proc/mounts.  they have
cel> a single page buffer for /proc/mounts and do not use seq_file.  i'm
cel> not sure if this has been addressed in recent updates; maybe jeff
cel> knows.

AS2.1 does not support autofs4, so there's really no problem there.  ;)

-Jeff

>> -----Original Message-----
From> Mike Waychison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent> Thursday, September 02, 2004 10:31 PM
To> Joseph V Moss
Cc> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject> Re: [autofs] [patch] umount loopback filessystems on
>> autofs stop
>> 
>> 
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>> Joseph V Moss wrote: > Using /proc/mounts could be an issue for anyone
>> trying to use this with a kernel > that truncates /proc/mounts.
>> >
>> 
>> Which kernel truncates /proc/mounts?
>> 
>> Any recent kernel uses the seq_file interface which guarantees that
>> nothing gets truncated.  I have a system up and running that works fine
>> with about 2500 mounts.
>> 
>> 
>> >
>> >>Hello,
>> >>
>> >>The netfs scripts for Red Hat go through and umount any loopback
>> >>devices before attempting to umount the encompassing filesystem.  This
>> >>seems a sane >>thing to do (and I have a bug on said issue), so I've
>> added similar >>functionality to the autofs init script.  Attached is a
>> patch.  >>Comments encouraged.  Testing by debian folks would be nice,
>> too.
>> >>
>> >>-Jeff
>> >>
>> >>--- autofs-4.1.3/samples/rc.autofs.in.umount-loopback 2004-09-02
15> 55:21.722705296 -0400
>> >>+++ autofs-4.1.3/samples/rc.autofs.in 2004-09-02
16> 16:09.985940440 -0400
>> >>@@ -351,6 +351,31 @@ function signal_automounts() >> return $RETVAL >>
>> }
>> >>
>> >>+function umount_loopback() >>+{ >>+ loops=`LC_ALL=C awk '!/^#/ && $1
>> ~ /^\/dev\/loop/ && $2 != "/" {print $2}' /proc/mounts` >>+
>> automounts=`LC_ALL=C awk '!/^#/ && $1 ~ /^automount/ {print $2}'
>> /proc/mounts` >>+ >>+ for l in $loops >>+ do >>+ for a in $automounts
>> >>+ do >>+ command="echo $l | grep -E '^$a'" >>+ match=`echo $command |
>> sh` >>+ if [ -n "$match" ]; then >>+ echo "" >>+ echo -n $"Unmounting
>> loopback filesystem $match: " >>+ umount -d $match >>+ if [ $? -eq 0 ];
>> then >>+ echo "done" >>+ else >>+ echo "failed ($?)"  >>+ fi >>+ fi >>+
>> done >>+ done >>+} >>+ >> # Redhat start/stop function.
>> >> #
>> >> function redhat() >>@@ -386,6 +411,7 @@ case "$1" in >> if [ -z
>> "`pidofproc $prog`" -a -z "`getmounts`" ]; then >> RETVAL=0 >> else >>+
>> umount_loopback >> signal_automounts >> RETVAL=$?  >> fi >>@@ -477,6
>> +503,7 @@ case "$1" in >> ;; >> stop) >> echo 'Stopping automounter.'
>> >>+ umount_loopback >> start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --signal USR2
>> --exec $DAEMON >> ;; >> reload|restart)
>> >>
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