On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 10:52 -0700, Ram Pai wrote: > On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 08:53 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > [ltp-list removed as it creates these annoying non-member post bounces] > > > > On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 03:02 +0530, Subrata Modak wrote: > > > Hi Peter, > > > > > > 2.6.26 introduced /proc/PID/mountinfo which addressed the deficiencies > > > of /proc/mounts, etc. I would request to know if you would have > > > developed test cases to test this feature(s). In that case, would it be > > > possible for you to share these test cases with LTP under GPLv2 ? > > > > Not sure why you ask me specifically, Ram wrote the original, Miklos > > massaged it into mainline and Al manages the VFS tree as can be seen > > from the commit. I'm not sure there were any test cases involved other > > than cat and eyeballing the results - but who knows, Ram, Miklos? > > > No I do not have any test cases. A few test cases will certainly help. > However I am not sure if I can commit to write them in the near term. I > can try.
Thanks Ram. I will wait. Please do let me know if you write them. Regards-- Subrata > > RP > > > > > --- > > > > commit 2d4d4864ac08caff5c204a752bd004eed4f08760 > > Author: Ram Pai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu Mar 27 13:06:25 2008 +0100 > > > > [patch 6/7] vfs: mountinfo: add /proc/<pid>/mountinfo > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rewrite and split big patch into managable chunks > > > > /proc/mounts in its current form lacks important information: > > > > - propagation state > > - root of mount for bind mounts > > - the st_dev value used within the filesystem > > - identifier for each mount and it's parent > > > > It also suffers from the following problems: > > > > - not easily extendable > > - ambiguity of mountpoints within a chrooted environment > > - doesn't distinguish between filesystem dependent and independent > > options > > - doesn't distinguish between per mount and per super block options > > > > This patch introduces /proc/<pid>/mountinfo which attempts to address > > all these deficiencies. > > > > Code shared between /proc/<pid>/mounts and /proc/<pid>/mountinfo is > > extracted into separate functions. > > > > Thanks to Al Viro for the help in getting the design right. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
