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-rw-r--r--libmount/src/libmount.h.in1
-rw-r--r--libmount/src/optmap.c4
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/mount.813
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libmount/src/libmount.h.in b/libmount/src/libmount.h.in
index 86ff150c1..cbd4f000e 100644
--- a/libmount/src/libmount.h.in
+++ b/libmount/src/libmount.h.in
@@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ extern int mnt_context_set_syscall_status(struct libmnt_context *cxt, int status
#define MNT_MS_OFFSET (1 << 14)
#define MNT_MS_SIZELIMIT (1 << 15)
#define MNT_MS_ENCRYPTION (1 << 16)
+#define MNT_MS_XPERSIST (1 << 17)
/*
* mount(2) MS_* masks (MNT_MAP_LINUX map)
diff --git a/libmount/src/optmap.c b/libmount/src/optmap.c
index f827e04f5..6fdaa7a41 100644
--- a/libmount/src/optmap.c
+++ b/libmount/src/optmap.c
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ static const struct libmnt_optmap userspace_opts_map[] =
{ "_netdev", MNT_MS_NETDEV }, /* Device requires network */
{ "comment=", MNT_MS_COMMENT, MNT_NOHLPS | MNT_NOMTAB },/* fstab comment only */
- { "x-", MNT_MS_XCOMMENT, MNT_NOHLPS | MNT_NOMTAB | MNT_PREFIX }, /* x- options */
+
+ { "X-", MNT_MS_XPERSIST, MNT_NOHLPS | MNT_PREFIX }, /* X- persistent comments (utab) */
+ { "x-", MNT_MS_XCOMMENT, MNT_NOHLPS | MNT_NOMTAB | MNT_PREFIX }, /* x- fstab only comments */
{ "loop[=]", MNT_MS_LOOP, MNT_NOHLPS }, /* use the loop device */
{ "offset=", MNT_MS_OFFSET, MNT_NOHLPS | MNT_NOMTAB }, /* loop device offset */
diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8
index 9f7dbde83..7f45ca7db 100644
--- a/sys-utils/mount.8
+++ b/sys-utils/mount.8
@@ -1142,11 +1142,18 @@ This option implies the options
.TP
.B x-*
All options prefixed with "x-" are interpreted as comments or as userspace
-application-specific options. These options are not stored in the mtab file,
+application-specific options. These options are not stored in the user space (e.g. mtab file),
nor sent to the mount.\fItype\fR helpers nor to the
.BR mount (2)
-system call. The suggested format is \fBx-\fIappname\fR.\fIoption\fR
-(e.g.\& \fBx-systemd.automount\fR).
+system call. The suggested format is \fBx-\fIappname\fR.\fIoption\fR.
+.TP
+.B X-*
+The same as \fBx-*\fR options, but stored permanently in the user space. It
+means the options are also available for umount or another operations. Note
+that maintain mount options in user space is a bad idea, because it's necessary
+to link all tools that use the options with libmount and there is no guarantee that the
+options will be always available (for example after a move mount operation or in
+unshared namespace).
.TP
.BR x-mount.mkdir [ = \fImode\fR ]
Allow to make a target directory (mountpoint). The optional argument