Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:55:00 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bug by design in getfsfile(3) / needed sanity check for mountpoints Message-ID: <87abhu6rdn.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <87ej766rfu.fsf@kobe.laptop> (Giorgos Keramidas's message of "Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:53:41 %2B0300") References: <7d6fde3d0806090134u1c46c9f3gbeed3fb303876338@mail.gmail.com> <87ej766rfu.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:53:41 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 01:34:19 -0700, "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi hackers, >> I have a question, pending a bug found in getfsfile(3) [1]. >> Is there any possibility where a mountpoint be any value other >> than a directory, a symlink, or "none", i.e. a flat file? >> Thanks, >> -Garrett >> >> References: >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/124409 (not fully in PR >> database yet). > > It looks like could be 'fixed' by using realpath() on its argument. > Then this should work fine: > > # fsck /usr/ I meant to write "It looks like getfsfile() could be 'fixed'...", but the keyboard daemon ate a word there.
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