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-rw-r--r--m4/fsusage.m47
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/m4/fsusage.m4 b/m4/fsusage.m4
index 451a5cc8c..ad63154ac 100644
--- a/m4/fsusage.m4
+++ b/m4/fsusage.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#serial 8
+#serial 9
# From fileutils/configure.in
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ if test $ac_fsusage_space = no; then
# SVR4
AC_CACHE_CHECK([for statvfs function (SVR4)], fu_cv_sys_stat_statvfs,
[AC_TRY_LINK([#include <sys/types.h>
+#ifdef __GLIBC__
+Do not use statvfs on systems with GNU libc, because that function stats
+all preceding entries in /proc/mounts, and that makes df hang if even
+one of the corresponding file systems is hard-mounted, but not available.
+#endif
#include <sys/statvfs.h>],
[struct statvfs fsd; statvfs (0, &fsd);],
fu_cv_sys_stat_statvfs=yes,