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2011 Aug 26
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Reg: Workaround to use pivot_root while using "rootfs" for "/" ?
...is EINVAL (Invalid
arguments).
I isolated the issue to this specific condition check within the system
call.
This is an code snippet from fs/namespace.c::pivot_root
* error = -EINVAL;
if (root.mnt->mnt_root != root.dentry)
goto out2; /* not a mountpoint */
if (root.mnt->mnt_parent == root.mnt) << this represents a circular
mount reference
goto out2; /* not attached */
if (new.mnt->mnt_root != new.dentry)
goto out2; /* not a mountpoint */
if (new.mnt->mnt_parent == new.mnt)
goto out2; /* not attached */
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