Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2021-10-03

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

From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-10-03 12:23:34
Also in: linux-fsdevel, lkml
Subsystem: the rest · Maintainer: Linus Torvalds

This support has been fully removed from the kernel as of v5.15.

Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
---
 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.
-- 
2.31.1
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