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-rw-r--r--src/shared/switch-root.c15
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
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);