[PATCH] root-hopping for pre-2.3.41-3

[H. Peter Anvin]

almesber en lrc.di.epfl.ch wrote:
> 
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > I would like to suggest an alternate system call with, perhaps, more
> > useful semantics:
> >
> >        pivot_root("new_root", "old_root");
> 
> ... with an implicit "chroot everybody on / to /new_root". That would
> solve a few problems, yes. I'll give it a try.
> 

Right... everyone on the old / move to the new /, although I guess
that's technically not 100% necessary.

	-hpa

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