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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-08-12 01:29:41 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-08-12 01:31:03 +0200
commitf47fc35555565c4b161c2e44b357b4dbaf3a997d (patch)
treea1026031cc5df2e3801772e59e0440a07639b2b4 /src/core/shutdown.c
parentdbf61afb29e016fe1b4ac48312a782df1d60a3e6 (diff)
switch-root: remount to MS_PRIVATE
The kernel does not allow switching roots if things are mounted MS_SHARED. As a work-around, remount things MS_PRIVATE before switching roots. This should be fixed in the kernel for good. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847418
Diffstat (limited to 'src/core/shutdown.c')
-rw-r--r--src/core/shutdown.c17
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/shutdown.c b/src/core/shutdown.c
index 0b7cbd8d34..c3a4c390be 100644
--- a/src/core/shutdown.c
+++ b/src/core/shutdown.c
@@ -104,15 +104,14 @@ static int pivot_to_new_root(void) {
return -errno;
}
- /*
- In case some evil process made "/" MS_SHARED
- It works for pivot_root, but the ref count for the root device
- is not decreasing :-/
- */
- if (mount(NULL, "/", NULL, MS_REC|MS_PRIVATE, NULL) < 0) {
- log_error("Failed to make \"/\" private mount %m");
- return -errno;
- }
+ /* Work-around for a kernel bug: for some reason the kernel
+ * refuses switching root if any file systems are mounted
+ * MS_SHARED. Hence remount them MS_PRIVATE here as a
+ * work-around.
+ *
+ * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847418 */
+ if (mount(NULL, "/", NULL, MS_REC|MS_PRIVATE, NULL) < 0)
+ log_warning("Failed to make \"/\" private mount: %m");
if (pivot_root(".", "oldroot") < 0) {
log_error("pivot failed: %m");