From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
To: Patrick Mochel <mochel@osdl.org>
Cc: Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>,
Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] sysfs on 2.5.48 unable to remove files while in use
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:40:12 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211252035550.2109-100000@serv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0211251136590.898-100000@localhost.localdomain>
Hi,
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Patrick Mochel wrote:
> [ From a purist standpoint, it's still a little weird. Al has been telling
> me for ages that the only proper way to do it is to have each object get a
> mountpoint instead of a directory. According to him, which I generally
> take as gospel, it's the only way to do in-kernel filesystems in a
> race-free way. It's hard, and IIRC, there are several infrastructural
> changes that must take place in order for it to happen. (I think I still
> have the IRC log somewhere..) But, it might happen someday.. ]
What advantages do mountpoints have compared to normal directories?
bye, Roman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-11-25 19:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-11-21 15:39 Rusty Lynch
2002-11-21 17:04 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-11-21 17:20 ` Rusty Lynch
2002-11-21 20:45 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-11-21 22:07 ` Rusty Lynch
2002-11-21 23:03 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-11-23 0:32 ` Rusty Lynch
2002-11-25 17:29 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-11-24 13:04 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-11-24 13:38 ` Alexander Viro
2002-11-24 14:32 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-11-25 18:34 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-11-25 19:13 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-11-25 19:40 ` Roman Zippel [this message]
2002-11-24 14:51 ` Roman Zippel
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