linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] autofs4 - zero timeout prevents shutdown

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Message-Id: <20060918211123.84e583cf.akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:11:23 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
Cc:	autofs mailing list <autofs@...ux.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] autofs4 - zero timeout prevents shutdown

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:48:15 +0800 (WST)
Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net> wrote:

> If the timeout of an autofs mount is set to zero then umounts
> are disabled. This works fine, however the kernel module checks
> the expire timeout and goes no further if it is zero. This is
> not the right thing to do at shutdown as the module is passed
> an option to expire mounts regardless of their timeout setting.

Is this a new feature, or a regression since <when>?

Thanks.
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