On 22 Jan 2010, at 10:40, Leszek Ciesielski wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Thomas Kupper <tho...@kupper.org> wrote:
>> 
>> On 22 Jan 2010, at 10:17, Leszek Ciesielski wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Thomas Kupper <tho...@kupper.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 22 Jan 2010, at 09:59, Leszek Ciesielski wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:55 AM, Thomas Kupper <tho...@kupper.org> wrote:
>>>>>> Using btrfs as the root filesystem on my Ubuntu 9.10 powered laptop I 
>>>>>> discoverd that mount is not showing the actual passed rootflags= but 
>>>>>> shows what is put in the /etc/fstab.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> First of all, I'm not sure if that is an intended behavior and if not, 
>>>>>> if it's a problem of mount or btrfs.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Example:
>>>>>> Following Goffredo's example there's a subvolume called rootfs which is 
>>>>>> - surprisingly ;) - the root of the linux. The corresponding line in 
>>>>>> fstab is
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> $ cat /etc/fstab
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>> # / was on /dev/sda3 during installation
>>>>>> UUID=<some-scary-UUID>   /   btrfs   subvol=rootfs   0   1
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> $ mount
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>> /dev/sda3 on / type btrfs (rw,subvol=rootfs)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I create a snapshot of the rootfs called rootfs-snap-001 and create it 
>>>>>> in the / of the btrfs volume itself. Not modifying grub2, I just edit 
>>>>>> grub on the go. While booting I edit the /linux-kernel... entry and 
>>>>>> replace rootflags=subvol=rootfs with rootflags=subvol=rootfs-snap-001. 
>>>>>> That boots up just fine but the mount output still is
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> $ mount
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>> /dev/sda3 on / type btrfs (rw,subvol=rootfs)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ... and /etc/mtab is indeed
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> $ cat /etc/mtab
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>> /dev/sda3 / btrfs rw,subvol=rootfs 0 0
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> shouldn't mount and /etc/mtab reflect the parameters in use?
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> No. The same thing happens with whatever filesystem you use for rootfs.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the clarification. How do I see then what subvolume is mounted 
>>>> as root? Assume I play around with lots of snapshots and wonder with what 
>>>> snapshot I booted. Sure, I should know but sometimes I want to make sure I 
>>>> did boot the right one before deleting an other snapshot.
>>> 
>>> azazel ~ # cat /proc/cmdline
>>> root=/dev/sda3 rootfstype=ext4
>> 
>> Again, thanks alot. That does the trick.
>> 
>> Maybe a bit of a pain in the a$#: Is there a specific reason the mount 
>> utility doesn't show the actual mount options in use? Wouldn't one - I 
>> certainly do - expect /etc/mtab or mount to show how a certain partition is 
>> mounted? Not really a btrfs issue, I'm aware.
> 
> Doesn't 'cat /proc/mounts' show the actually used mount options?

No, it doesn't in my case - Ubuntu 9.10 with 2.6.32-10-generic kernel.

thomas # cat /proc/mounts | fgrep ' / '
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
/dev/sda3 / btrfs rw,relatime 0 0

thomas # cat /proc/cmdline
[...] root=/dev/sda3 ro rootflags=subvol=rootfs-snapshot-001--
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