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ostree-prepare-root: Amend comment about shared mounts #3186

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9 changes: 4 additions & 5 deletions src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root-static.c
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Expand Up @@ -204,12 +204,11 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
const bool sysroot_readonly = sysroot_is_configured_ro (root_arg);
const bool sysroot_currently_writable = !path_is_on_readonly_fs (root_arg);

/* 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.
/* Remount root MS_PRIVATE here to avoid errors due to the kernel-enforced
* constraint that disallows MS_SHARED mounts to be moved.
*
* https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847418 */
* Kernel docs: Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
*/
if (mount (NULL, "/", NULL, MS_REC | MS_PRIVATE | MS_SILENT, NULL) < 0)
err (EXIT_FAILURE, "failed to make \"/\" private mount");

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9 changes: 4 additions & 5 deletions src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c
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Expand Up @@ -326,12 +326,11 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
g_print ("sysroot.readonly configuration value: %d (fs writable: %d)\n", (int)sysroot_readonly,
(int)sysroot_currently_writable);

/* 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.
/* Remount root MS_PRIVATE here to avoid errors due to the kernel-enforced
* constraint that disallows MS_SHARED mounts to be moved.
*
* https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847418 */
* Kernel docs: Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
*/
if (mount (NULL, "/", NULL, MS_REC | MS_PRIVATE | MS_SILENT, NULL) < 0)
err (EXIT_FAILURE, "failed to make \"/\" private mount");

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