From 267b44e6eee74b79d442dd9298f751dd69a08c67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:54:49 +0100 Subject: mount: be more accurate in man page about propagation flags Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/565 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- sys-utils/mount.8 | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'sys-utils/mount.8') 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 , -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522