Somewhere in the 2.4.x kernel series, /proc/mounts was changed to display a

"rootfs" entry as well as the traditional "/dev/root" entry.  This caused
applets such as mount and df to display two root filesystem entries....

This teaches the relevant utilities to ignore the "rootfs" entry.
 -Erik

3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/df.c b/coreutils/df.c
index 9673633cc..543527ea4 100644
--- a/coreutils/df.c
+++ b/coreutils/df.c
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ extern int df_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                                                            ) / (blocks_used + s.f_bavail);
                         }
                         
-                        if (strcmp(device, "/dev/root") == 0) {
+                        if (strcmp(device, "rootfs") == 0) {
+                                continue;
+                        } else if (strcmp(device, "/dev/root") == 0) {
                                 /* Adjusts device to be the real root device,
                                 * or leaves device alone if it can't find it */
                                 if ((device = find_real_root_device_name(device)) == NULL) {
diff --git a/util-linux/mount.c b/util-linux/mount.c
index d02005600..49d086c97 100644
--- a/util-linux/mount.c
+++ b/util-linux/mount.c
@@ -334,7 +334,9 @@ static void show_mounts(char *onlytype)
                 while ((m = getmntent(mountTable)) != 0) {
                         char *blockDevice = m->mnt_fsname;
 
-                        if (strcmp(blockDevice, "/dev/root") == 0) {
+                        if (strcmp(blockDevice, "rootfs") == 0) {
+                                continue;
+                        } else if (strcmp(blockDevice, "/dev/root") == 0) {
                                 blockDevice = find_real_root_device_name(blockDevice);
                         }
                         if (!onlytype || (strcmp(m->mnt_type, onlytype) == 0)) {
diff --git a/util-linux/umount.c b/util-linux/umount.c
index 1d3e89301..c11f2e9d7 100644
--- a/util-linux/umount.c
+++ b/util-linux/umount.c
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ static char *mtab_getinfo(const char *match, const char which)
                                 return cur->mountpt;
                         } else {
 #if !defined CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
-                                if (strcmp(cur->device, "/dev/root") == 0) {
+                                if (strcmp(cur->device, "rootfs") == 0) {
+                                        continue;
+                                } else if (strcmp(cur->device, "/dev/root") == 0) {
                                         /* Adjusts device to be the real root device,
                                          * or leaves device alone if it can't find it */
                                         cur->device = find_real_root_device_name(cur->device);