size_t *ndevPath)
{
char **paths = NULL, **mounts = NULL;
- size_t i, nmounts;
+ size_t i, j, nmounts;
if (virFileGetMountSubtree(PROC_MOUNTS, "/dev",
&mounts, &nmounts) < 0)
return 0;
}
+ /* There can be nested mount points. For instance
+ * /dev/shm/blah can be a mount point and /dev/shm too. It
+ * doesn't make much sense to return the former path because
+ * caller preserves the latter (and with that the former
+ * too). Therefore prune nested mount points.
+ * NB mounts[0] is "/dev". Should we start the outer loop
+ * from the beginning of the array all we'd be left with is
+ * just the first element. Think about it.
+ */
+ for (i = 1; i < nmounts; i++) {
+ j = i + 1;
+ while (j < nmounts) {
+ if (STRPREFIX(mounts[j], mounts[i])) {
+ VIR_DEBUG("Dropping path %s because of %s", mounts[j], mounts[i]);
+ VIR_DELETE_ELEMENT(mounts, j, nmounts);
+ } else {
+ j++;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
if (VIR_ALLOC_N(paths, nmounts) < 0)
goto error;