Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: shmem_file_setup creating SYSV00000000 files in (ext3) root filesystem | From | Christoph Rohland <> | Date | Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:50:21 +0100 |
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Hi Ryan,
On Fri, 05 Dec 2003, desrt@desrt.ca wrote: > the problem is caused by the fact that the checks that > shmem_file_setup does to determine the location of the mountpoint of > tmpfs fail to take into account the effect of pivot_root.
No, see below.
> and somehow as a result, this happens: > peloton:/proc# grep deleted */maps > 17923/maps:4201a000-4207a000 rw-s 00000000 00:04 21233690 > /SYSV00000000 (deleted) > [many many many lines follow] > > if you have any advice or can confirm to me that this is actually a > bug in the kernel, please reply. i'm not on the list.
It's not a bug. It is simply a display issue designed in this way. These names are artificial names which were never linked to a real directory entry. So they end up displayed in this way. But they are not connected to your root filesystem.
Greetings Christoph
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