I'm reading the source code of docker,and it checks if one directory has been mounted by such a test condition,what's the principle behind it?
func Mounted(mountpoint string) (bool, error) {
mntpoint, err := os.Stat(mountpoint)
if err != nil {
if os.IsNotExist(err) {
return false, nil
}
return false, err
}
parent, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(mountpoint, ".."))
if err != nil {
return false, err
}
mntpointSt := mntpoint.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
parentSt := parent.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
return mntpointSt.Dev != parentSt.Dev, nil
}