Re: [PATCH] kexec-tools: find sysfs smarter

[Pratyush Anand <panand@redhat.com>]

On 01/06/2016:04:26:38 PM, Josef Bacik wrote:
> Some systems may not have /etc/mtab, so fall back to using /proc/mounts if we
> fail to open /etc/mtab.  Also if a user does
> 
> mount -t sysfs none /sys
> 
> we won't find the sysfs directory.  We need to check mnt->mnt_type, not
> mnt->mnt_fsname.

yes, mnt_fsname is actually "device for filesystem" and mnt_type is "type of
filesystem". Therefore, checking mnt->mnt_type is appropriate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <jbacik@fb.com>

Reviewed-by: Pratyush Anand <panand@redhat.com>

> ---
>  kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c | 9 ++++++---
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c b/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c
> index c75adaa..c24abaa 100644
> --- a/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c
> +++ b/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c
> @@ -425,10 +425,13 @@ char *find_mnt_by_fsname(char *fsname)
>  	char *mntdir;
>  
>  	mtab = setmntent("/etc/mtab", "r");
> -	if (!mtab)
> -		return NULL;
> +	if (!mtab) {
> +		mtab = setmntent("/proc/mounts", "r");
> +		if (!mtab)
> +			return NULL;
> +	}
>  	for(mnt = getmntent(mtab); mnt; mnt = getmntent(mtab)) {
> -		if (strcmp(mnt->mnt_fsname, fsname) == 0)
> +		if (strcmp(mnt->mnt_type, fsname) == 0)
>  			break;
>  	}
>  	mntdir = mnt ? strdup(mnt->mnt_dir) : NULL;
> -- 
> 2.5.0
> 
> 
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