Re: Upstream first policy

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Mar 08 2010 - 21:19:17 EST




On Tue, 9 Mar 2010, Al Viro wrote:
>
> Doesn't have to be a binding over /etc/passwd, BTW. /etc as a mountpoint will
> serve just as well.

I agree. But I think more people are aware of a regular directory mount
than about the ability to just mount a single file. So from a sneakyness
standpoint, I like the "oh, btw, I just took over just the one file I care
about" rather than trying to hide the whole directory.

Doesn't matter conceptually, though.

Linus
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