[RHEL] /proc/mounts disagrees with 'mount' command.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • /proc/mounts shows a different data for a mountpoint, when comparing to /etc/mtab or # mount command.
  • df output shows that a filesystem is not mounted, however running mount -a says that the filesystem is already mounted.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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