From: Karel Zak Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 12:54:49 +0000 (+0100) Subject: mount: be more accurate in man page about propagation flags X-Git-Tag: v2.32-rc1~73 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=267b44e6eee74b79d442dd9298f751dd69a08c67;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git mount: be more accurate in man page about propagation flags Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/565 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8 index 954a4d3858..96537bce21 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 ,