Re: set_fs_pwd/set_fs_root(tsk, NULL, NULL) are OK?

From: Tigran Aivazian (tigran@veritas.com)
Date: Thu May 04 2000 - 13:09:58 EST


On Thu, 4 May 2000, Alan Cox wrote:

> > I want to force a process to have no cwd/root (yes, a radical concept but
> > very convenient for some VFS features, e.g. when forcibly unmounting a
>
> Nope. You want to force the process to have an empty root that is some
> floating non entity object. That avoids special casing. Its basically a
> / that is a 'nonfs'

Ok, thank you, but is there a way to choose this "non entity object" in
such a manner as to automatically disable any name lookups (by this
process) from then on?

Regards,
Tigran

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