[PATCH v2] fcntl.2: note that mandatory locking is fully deprecated as of v5.15
From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-10-03 12:24:22
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Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> --- man2/fcntl.2 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) v2: Use semantic newline per Alejandro's suggestion.
diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2
index 7b5604e3a699..4b53a0a2640b 100644
--- a/man2/fcntl.2
+++ b/man2/fcntl.2@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ and the fact that the feature is believed to be little used, since Linux 4.5, mandatory locking has been made an optional feature, governed by a configuration option .RB ( CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING ). -This is an initial step toward removing this feature completely. +This feature is no longer supported at all in Linux 5.15 and above. .PP By default, both traditional (process-associated) and open file description record locks are advisory.
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