Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Oct 2013 18:11:35 +0200 | From | Miklos Szeredi <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/3] vfs: Allow rmdir to remove mounts in all but the current mount namespace |
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On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 09:06:29AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > I think the risks of changing behavior outweigh the benefits. How many > > times did you have to remove or rename a mounted file or directory? It's > > very rarely needed. > > I do this every time I reinstall a system while running that system. > Admittedly, mount --move works, but that's a really unpleasant > interface. > > When rename2 gets added, there could be a flag RENAME_MOVE_MOUNT to opt in.
Good point. Opting in would be the safest for both unlinkat() and renameat2().
Thanks, Miklos
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