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Commit 1dcaa138 authored by Ian Kent's avatar Ian Kent Committed by Linus Torvalds
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autofs: add description of ignore pseudo mount option 

Add a description of the "ignore" pseudo mount option that can be used
to provide a generic indicator to applications that the mount entry
should be ignored when displaying mount information.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/155287084617.12593.812733161112154904.stgit@pluto.themaw.net


Signed-off-by: default avatarIan Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 841964e8

Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt

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Catatonic mode can only be left via the

Catatonic mode can only be left via the

**AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_OPENMOUNT_CMD** ioctl on the `/dev/autofs`.

**AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_OPENMOUNT_CMD** ioctl on the `/dev/autofs`.





The "ignore" mount option

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The "ignore" mount option can be used to provide a generic indicator

to applications that the mount entry should be ignored when displaying

mount information.



In other OSes that provide autofs and that provide a mount list to user

space based on the kernel mount list a no-op mount option ("ignore" is

the one use on the most common OSes) is allowed so that autofs file

system users can optionally use it.



This is intended to be used by user space programs to exclude autofs

mounts from consideration when reading the mounts list.



autofs, name spaces, and shared mounts

autofs, name spaces, and shared mounts

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