[PATCH] find mount point of char devices
Javier Viguera
javier.viguera at digi.com
Mon Jan 9 10:10:14 UTC 2012
Hi all,
I found a corner case in 'df' command when using it with an UBIFS partition.
If i use 'df' without arguments, i got the correct values:
/ # df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 72091984 12360980 56068924 18% /
devtmpfs 115236 4 115232 0% /dev
tmpfs 28672 32 28640 0% /tmp
/dev/ubi0_0 360268 18348 341920 5% /tmp/mnt/userfs
while if i just pass the ubi volume i got the wrong answer:
/ # df /dev/ubi0_0
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs 115236 4 115232 0% /dev
Coreutils 'df' seems to work properly:
/ # /df --version
df (GNU coreutils) 8.15
...
/ # /df /dev/ubi0_0
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/ubi0_0 360268 18348 341920 6% /tmp/mnt/userfs
I tracked down the problem in busybox to the 'find_mount_point' function
where it checks if the device to find the mountpoint is a block device
or not. On UBI systems the volume to mount is a 'char' device:
/ # ls -l /dev/ubi0_0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 249, 1 Jan 4 21:42 /dev/ubi0_0
A basic patch that fixes the problem is attached (against current
master), but I'm not sure if this is the correct fix or not, so i just
send it here to review and consider applying.
--
Javier Viguera
Software Engineer
Digi International® Spain S.A.U.
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