RFC: root mount enhancement (round 2)

[Garrett Cooper]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt at mac.com> wrote:
> Summary of round 1:

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> To re-iterate: the logic is recursive. After mounting some file system
> as root, the kernel will follow the directives in /.mount.conf (if the
> file exists) for remounting the root file system. At each iteration the
> kernel will remount devfs under /dev and remount the current root file
> system under /.mount within the new root file system.

    I like the proposal, but like Ed, I do have a concern with
infinite recursion. Should a breadcrumb be added to prevent infinite
recursion with the mounts, or is it game over, egg on your face, if
you create an infinite recursion situation?
Thanks,
-Garrett