bin/126324: [patch] rc.d/tmp: Prevent mounting /tmp in second time

Alex Kozlov spam at rm-rf.kiev.ua
Thu Aug 7 17:00:04 UTC 2008


The following reply was made to PR bin/126324; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Alex Kozlov <spam at rm-rf.kiev.ua>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris at FreeBSD.org>, bug-followup at freebsd.org,
	spam at rm-rf.kiev.ua
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/126324: [patch] rc.d/tmp: Prevent mounting /tmp in second
	time
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:57:53 +0300

 On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 12:35:43PM +0200, Kris Kennaway wrote:
 > Kris Kennaway wrote:
 > > Alex Kozlov wrote:
 > > 
 > >> Index: src/etc/rc.d/tmp
 > >> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 > >>  #
 > >>  case "${tmpmfs}" in
 > >>  [Yy][Ee][Ss])
 > >> +    /sbin/umount /tmp 2>/dev/null && echo /tmp was already mounted!
 > >>      mount_md ${tmpsize} /tmp "${tmpmfs_flags}"
 > >>      chmod 01777 /tmp
 > >>      ;;
 > >> @@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 > >>              echo "dropping into shell, ^D to continue anyway."
 > >>              /bin/sh
 > >>          else
 > >> +            /sbin/umount /tmp 2>/dev/null && echo /tmp was already 
 > >> mounted!
 > >>              mount_md ${tmpsize} /tmp "${tmpmfs_flags}"
 > >>              chmod 01777 /tmp
 > >>          fi
 > > 
 > > This will destroy any files the admin may have deliberately created on 
 > > /tmp after dropping to single user mode.
 > 
 > Er, coffee hadn't kicked in.  That will only happen with tmpfs which 
 > isn't used yet.  Still, a better solution might keep that in mind to 
 > avoid introducing a bug later.
 Well, as alternative We can just don't touch /tmp if it already mounted.
 This also prevent md device leak at least until bin/114468 will be
 resolved.
 
 
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 Adios


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