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mount: add note about loopdev reuse to mount.8
authorKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:14:12 +0000 (13:14 +0200)
committerKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:14:12 +0000 (13:14 +0200)
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
sys-utils/mount.8

index 3197c8e6656e1c1b2c563e61d47ea1ba605d84fa..eb0dd988fa562c4babe6668eca95cc25c5d775af 100644 (file)
@@ -2931,6 +2931,10 @@ independently of
 You can also free a loop device by hand, using
 .BR "losetup \-d " or " umount \-d" .
 
+Since util-linux v2.29 mount command re-uses the loop device rather than
+initialize a new device if the same backing file is already mounted with the
+same offset.
+
 .SH RETURN CODES
 .B mount
 has the following return codes (the bits can be ORed):