On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 23:18 +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > I understand perfectly that this is what you want to do. And I'm > saying that the following code snippet should do exactly the same, > without having to add a new syscall: > > char tmpbuf[64]; > sprintf(tmpbuf, "/proc/self/fd/%i", fd); > mount(dev_name, tmpbuf, type, flags, data); > > [ You could actually try to read people's responses, instead of > immediately assuming they don't understand :-/ ]
I did read your reply, but the follow-link magic that is performed in proc_fd_link() wasn't immediately obvious to someone who is unfamiliar with that code. I understand where you're coming from now. Anyhow, that does indeed look as if it will do what is needed for the automounter. Trond - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
