Hi, On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:32:04 +0900 (JST), Ryusuke Konishi wrote: > On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 18:12:31 +0100, dexen deVries wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > when testing my other patches, the following came up: > > > > with absolute pathname: > > # mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/x > > # ps ax | grep [n]ilfs_cleanerd > > 30408 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/nilfs_cleanerd -n /dev/sdb2 /mnt/x > > > > > > with relative mountpoint pathname: > > # umount /mnt/x > > # cd /mnt > > # mount /dev/sdb2 x > > # ps ax | grep [n]ilfs_cleanerd > > ((no such process)) > > > > with relative device pathname: > > # umount /mnt/x > > # cd /dev > > # mount sdb2 /mnt/x > > # ps ax | grep [n]ilfs_cleanerd > > ((no such process)) > > > > This is due to chdir(ROOTDIR) in daemonize(); currently daemonize is always > > called with nochdir == 0. Should I hardcode it to nochdir == 1 or > > canonicalize > > the `dev' and `dir' arguments with myrealpath()? > > It sounds like cleanerd needs a fix. > I'll take a look and answer to you tomorrow. > > Thanks, > Ryusuke Konishi
This was actually a cleanerd bug. (Good catch) Cleanerd should canonicalize the dev and dir arguments before calling the daemonize function as you pointed out. Would you like to have a go at this ? Thanks, Ryusuke Konishi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nilfs" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
