From 82e5156a380e03088b84b4fbd1bfe6a70f064e55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:29:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add kernel version and commit to info about mountinfo workaround Fixes: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/1280 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- Documentation/releases/v2.37-ReleaseNotes | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/releases/v2.37-ReleaseNotes b/Documentation/releases/v2.37-ReleaseNotes index dcab98d53f..ba13c030ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/releases/v2.37-ReleaseNotes +++ b/Documentation/releases/v2.37-ReleaseNotes @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ characters in the name (e.g. type="Linux /usr x86" is the same as type="linux usr-x86" for sfdisk). libmount no more contains a workaround to detect inconsistent -/proc/self/mountinfo read. This problem is fixed by the Linux kernel now. +/proc/self/mountinfo read. This problem is fixed by the Linux kernel (since v5.8, +kernel commit 9f6c61f96f2d97cbb5f7fa85607bc398f843ff0f). libblkid supports "probing hints" now. The hints are the optional way how to force probing functions to check for example another location -- for example -- 2.47.3