Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4

2000-12-31 Thread Andries Brouwer
On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 03:18:21AM +, Ton Hospel wrote: > I was talking about avoiding that the same device gets multiple mounted > at the SAME place, e.g. when doing mount -a, which is often used as a > quick way to get the new entries in /etc/fstab You get EBUSY if you try. - To

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4

2000-12-31 Thread Andries Brouwer
On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 03:18:21AM +, Ton Hospel wrote: I was talking about avoiding that the same device gets multiple mounted at the SAME place, e.g. when doing mount -a, which is often used as a quick way to get the new entries in /etc/fstab You get EBUSY if you try. - To unsubscribe

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 -

2000-12-30 Thread Alexander Viro
On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > Alexander Viro writes: > > > [...] Not allowing multiple mounts of the same > > fs was an artifact of original namei() implementation. At some point > > (late 80s) it had been fixed by Bell Labs folks in their branch. In Linux > > it had been

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 -

2000-12-30 Thread Steve VanDevender
Albert D. Cahalan writes: > Alexander Viro writes: > > > [...] Not allowing multiple mounts of the same > > fs was an artifact of original namei() implementation. At some point > > (late 80s) it had been fixed by Bell Labs folks in their branch. In Linux > > it had been fixed during the

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 -

2000-12-30 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Alexander Viro writes: > [...] Not allowing multiple mounts of the same > fs was an artifact of original namei() implementation. At some point > (late 80s) it had been fixed by Bell Labs folks in their branch. In Linux > it had been fixed during the last spring. That's it. You were never

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4

2000-12-30 Thread Ton Hospel
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alexander Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Ton Hospel wrote: > >> It should still need a special flag or something, since it's >> impossible for userspace to check this atomically. > > To check _what_? Having the same tree mounted

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4

2000-12-30 Thread Alexander Viro
On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Ton Hospel wrote: > It should still need a special flag or something, since it's > impossible for userspace to check this atomically. To check _what_? Having the same tree mounted in several places is allowed. End of story. Atomicity of any kind is a non-issue - if you

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4

2000-12-30 Thread Ton Hospel
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> 1. multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4 >> >> 2. its still possible to mount devices several times. >>IMHO it shouldnt be

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4

2000-12-30 Thread Ton Hospel
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4 2. its still possible to mount devices several times. IMHO it shouldnt be possible like

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4

2000-12-30 Thread Alexander Viro
On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Ton Hospel wrote: It should still need a special flag or something, since it's impossible for userspace to check this atomically. To check _what_? Having the same tree mounted in several places is allowed. End of story. Atomicity of any kind is a non-issue - if you have

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4

2000-12-30 Thread Ton Hospel
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alexander Viro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Ton Hospel wrote: It should still need a special flag or something, since it's impossible for userspace to check this atomically. To check _what_? Having the same tree mounted in several

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 -

2000-12-30 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Alexander Viro writes: [...] Not allowing multiple mounts of the same fs was an artifact of original namei() implementation. At some point (late 80s) it had been fixed by Bell Labs folks in their branch. In Linux it had been fixed during the last spring. That's it. You were never promised

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 -

2000-12-30 Thread Steve VanDevender
Albert D. Cahalan writes: Alexander Viro writes: [...] Not allowing multiple mounts of the same fs was an artifact of original namei() implementation. At some point (late 80s) it had been fixed by Bell Labs folks in their branch. In Linux it had been fixed during the last spring.

Re: PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 -

2000-12-30 Thread Alexander Viro
On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: Alexander Viro writes: [...] Not allowing multiple mounts of the same fs was an artifact of original namei() implementation. At some point (late 80s) it had been fixed by Bell Labs folks in their branch. In Linux it had been fixed during

PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4

2000-12-23 Thread rkreiner
1. multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4 2. its still possible to mount devices several times. IMHO it shouldnt be possible like 2.2.18 with umount in /proc/mounts is still the real information, in /etc/mtab all corresponding mountpoints are deleted. 3.

PROBLEM: multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4

2000-12-23 Thread rkreiner
1. multiple mount of devices possible 2.4.0-test1 - 2.4.0-test13-pre4 2. its still possible to mount devices several times. IMHO it shouldnt be possible like 2.2.18 with umount in /proc/mounts is still the real information, in /etc/mtab all corresponding mountpoints are deleted. 3.