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-rw-r--r--src/core/main.c2
-rw-r--r--src/shared/switch-root.c15
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 44373cc7ef..0388f46c36 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ finish:
/* And switch root with MS_MOVE, because we remove the old directory afterwards and detach it. */
r = switch_root(switch_root_dir, "/mnt", true, MS_MOVE);
if (r < 0)
- log_error("Failed to switch root, ignoring: %s", strerror(-r));
+ log_error("Failed to switch root, trying to continue: %s", strerror(-r));
}
args_size = MAX(6, argc+1);
diff --git a/src/shared/switch-root.c b/src/shared/switch-root.c
index 5f075e6003..bac0e5c349 100644
--- a/src/shared/switch-root.c
+++ b/src/shared/switch-root.c
@@ -62,10 +62,9 @@ int switch_root(const char *new_root, const char *oldroot, bool detach_oldroot,
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.
+ /* Work-around for kernel design: 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)
@@ -128,10 +127,10 @@ int switch_root(const char *new_root, const char *oldroot, bool detach_oldroot,
/* Immediately get rid of the old root, if detach_oldroot is set.
* Since we are running off it we need to do this lazily. */
- if (detach_oldroot && umount2(oldroot, MNT_DETACH) < 0) {
- log_error("Failed to umount old root dir %s: %m", oldroot);
- return -errno;
- }
+ if (detach_oldroot && umount2(oldroot, MNT_DETACH) < 0)
+ log_error("Failed to lazily umount old root dir %s, %s: %m",
+ oldroot,
+ errno == ENOENT ? "ignoring" : "leaving it around");
} else if (mount(new_root, "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL) < 0) {
log_error("Failed to mount moving %s to /: %m", new_root);