linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHi, man-pages] mount_namespaces.7: More clearly explain "locked mounts"

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Date:   Sat, 14 Aug 2021 10:09:22 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
To:     Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:     ebiederm@...ssion.com, linux-man <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHi, man-pages] mount_namespaces.7: More clearly explain
 "locked mounts"

On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 12:01:20AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> For a long time, this manual page has had a brief discussion of
> "locked" mounts, without clearly saying what this concept is, or
> why it exists. Expand the discussion with an explanation of what
> locked mounts are, why mounts are locked, and some examples of the
> effect of locking.
> 
> Thanks to Christian Brauner for a lot of help in understanding
> these details.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210813220120.502058-1-mtk.manpages@gmail.com
> Reported-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
> ---

Looks good. Thank you!
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>