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| author | Karel Zak | 2018-01-22 13:54:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2018-01-22 13:54:49 +0100 |
| commit | 267b44e6eee74b79d442dd9298f751dd69a08c67 (patch) | |
| tree | f1adba549c0b50deb6197caed6c2b278c7c2ef98 /sys-utils/mount.8 | |
| parent | Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/rluzynski/util-linux (diff) | |
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mount: be more accurate in man page about propagation flags
Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/565
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/mount.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/mount.8 | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8 index 954a4d385..96537bce2 100644 --- a/sys-utils/mount.8 +++ b/sys-utils/mount.8 @@ -482,13 +482,14 @@ specified on the command line. Note that the Linux kernel does not allow to change multiple propagation flags with a single .BR mount (2) -system call, and the flags cannot be mixed with other mount options. - -Since util-linux 2.23 the \fBmount\fR command allows to use several propagation flags -together and also together with other mount operations. This feature is EXPERIMENTAL. -The propagation flags are applied by additional \fBmount\fR(2) system calls when the -preceding mount operations were successful. Note that this use case is not -atomic. It is possible to specify the propagation flags in +system call, and the flags cannot be mixed with other mount options and operations. + +Since util-linux 2.23 the \fBmount\fR command allows to do more propagation +(topology) changes by one mount(8) call and do it also together with other +mount operations. This feature is EXPERIMENTAL. The propagation flags are applied +by additional \fBmount\fR(2) system calls when the preceding mount operations +were successful. Note that this use case is not atomic. It is possible to +specify the propagation flags in .BR fstab (5) as mount options .RB ( private , |