# Re: \[RFC iproute2\] netns: add mounting state file for each netns

- From: Matteo Croce \<hidden\>
- Date: 2019-07-01 13:51:13 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2019/07/11140894
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2019/06/11140824/t.md

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On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 2:38 PM Nicolas Dichtel
[ref] wrote:
>
> Le 30/06/2019 à 21:29, Matteo Croce a écrit :
> > When ip creates a netns, there is a small time interval between the
> > placeholder file creation in NETNS_RUN_DIR and the bind mount from /proc.
> >
> > Add a temporary file named .mounting-$netns which gets deleted after the
> > bind mount, so watching for delete event matching the .mounting-* name
> > will notify watchers only after the bind mount has been done.
> Probably a naive question, but why creating those '.mounting-$netns' files in
> the directory where netns are stored? Why not another directory, something like
> /var/run/netns-monitor/?
>
>
> Regards,
> Nicolas

Yes, would work too. But ideally I'd wait for the mount inotify notifications.

-- 
Matteo Croce
per aspera ad upstream
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