Can systemd/PrivateTmp bug 851970 be fixed for F17?

Michal Schmidt mschmidt at redhat.com
Fri Dec 14 16:04:08 UTC 2012


Dne 13.12.2012 22:52, Eric Sandeen napsal(a):
> I just spent too many hours re-triaging and re-discovering bug
> 851970, in which systemd + PrivateTmp does weird things with
> namespaces, thereby making it impossible to unmount filesystems under
> certain circumstances.
>
> 851970 was closed NEXTRELEASE, because:

Not exactly. The bug was already closed before I added my comment.

>>> Michal - is there any reason why the fix mentioned in comment #5
>>> can't be pulled back?
>
>> The reason is simple. I do not understand well enough how the
>> filesystem namespace stuff works, so I am afraid of backporting the
>> patches that touch it.

You quoted only the beginning of my comment. The unquoted part, which 
begins with "So in order to fix this bug in F17 ...", is the starting 
point for anyone who is serious about wanting to help with fixing it.

Michal


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