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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namespace.c | 4 |
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diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index 2019899f2ab822..e5aa1eeb574825 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -1526,6 +1526,10 @@ static void chroot_fs_refs(struct nameidata *old_nd, struct nameidata *new_nd) * pointed to by put_old must yield the same directory as new_root. No other * file system may be mounted on put_old. After all, new_root is a mountpoint. * + * Also, the current root cannot be on the 'rootfs' (initial ramfs) filesystem. + * See Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt for alternatives + * in this situation. + * * Notes: * - we don't move root/cwd if they are not at the root (reason: if something * cared enough to change them, it's probably wrong to force them elsewhere) |