linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mount.2: note that mandatory locking is now fully deprecated

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Date:   Sun, 3 Oct 2021 14:34:51 +0200
From:   "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@...il.com>
To:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>, linux-man@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mtk.manpages@...il.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mount.2: note that mandatory locking is now fully
 deprecated

Hi Jeff,

On 10/3/21 2:23 PM, Jeff Layton wrote:
> This support has been fully removed from the kernel as of v5.15.
> 
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>

Both patches applied.

Thanks,

Alex

> ---
>   man2/mount.2 | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> v2: use semantic newline, per Alejandro's suggestion
> 
> diff --git a/man2/mount.2 b/man2/mount.2
> index bedd39e68a68..302baf6ebeb8 100644
> --- a/man2/mount.2
> +++ b/man2/mount.2
> @@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ this mount option requires the
>   capability and a kernel configured with the
>   .B CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING
>   option.
> +Mandatory locking has been fully deprecated in v5.15 kernels, so
> +this flag should be considered deprecated.
>   .TP
>   .B MS_NOATIME
>   Do not update access times for (all types of) files on this filesystem.
> 


-- 
Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/