[uml-user] [PATCH] uml hostfs: fix interaction between hostfs=path1 and -o path2 at mount time (was: Re: hostfs kernel parameter fail?)

[Blaisorblade <bla...@ya...>]

On Friday 02 March 2007 22:55, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 01:07:49AM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote:
> > On Friday 02 March 2007 00:04, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm using a 2.6.20-um host on a 2.6.20-skas3-v8.2 host.
> > >
> > > When specifying hostfs=/tmp on the kernel command line, then:
> > >
> > > - mount none -t hostfs mount-point/
> > >   -> mounts the host's /tmp (good), but
> > >
> > > - mount none -t hostfs mount-point/ -o /
> > >   -> mounts the hosts "/" (bad).
> > >
> > > I think it's a bug.
> >
> > Yes, it is.
> >
> > > This doesn't happen in Jeff's 2.6.19rc5 kernel.
> >
> > You mean a tree with patches from
> >
> > http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/patches.html?
>
> I meant this one:
> http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/new/linux-2.6.19-rc5.bz2
> linked from the new/ homepage.

Guess what I said is valid but I cannot be sure.

However, I just tested the attached fix - the bug was easy to find and fix. 
Please test and report.
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Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade
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