+ if (path_equal(directory, "/")) {
+ /* If the directory we shall boot is the host, let's operate on a bind mount at a different
+ * place, so that we can make changes to its mount structure (for example, to implement
+ * --volatile=) without this interfering with our ability to access files such as
+ * /etc/localtime to copy into the container. Note that we use a fixed place for this
+ * (instead of a temporary directory, since we are living in our own mount namspace here
+ * already, and thus don't need to be afraid of colliding with anyone else's mounts).*/
+ (void) mkdir_p("/run/systemd/nspawn-root", 0755);
+
+ r = mount_verbose(LOG_ERR, "/", "/run/systemd/nspawn-root", NULL, MS_BIND|MS_REC, NULL);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return r;
+
+ directory = "/run/systemd/nspawn-root";
+
+ } else if (!dissected_image) {
+ /* Turn directory into bind mount (we need that so that we can move the bind mount to root
+ * later on). */