Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:14:53 GMT From: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: f66e71fa78e1 - main - linux.4: clarify path translation Message-ID: <202408191414.47JEErkK059334@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by emaste: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=f66e71fa78e16164339f7fd4791306fb30165581 commit f66e71fa78e16164339f7fd4791306fb30165581 Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2024-08-19 13:43:37 +0000 Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-08-19 14:14:28 +0000 linux.4: clarify path translation Try to be a little more explicit about the path translation mechanism accessing /compat/linux/<path> then falling back to /<path>. PR: 277804 Reviewed by: fernape Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation --- share/man/man4/linux.4 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/linux.4 b/share/man/man4/linux.4 index 212dd2526f3f..b404c9e1c04d 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/linux.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/linux.4 @@ -63,9 +63,11 @@ before .Pa / . For example, when Linux process attempts to open .Pa /etc/passwd , -it will really access +it will first access .Pa /compat/linux/etc/passwd , -unless the latter does not exist. +falling back to +.Pa /etc/passwd +if the former does not exist. This is used to make sure Linux processes load Linux shared libraries instead of their similarly-named FreeBSD counterparts, and also to provide alternative versions of certain other files and virtual
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