[PATCH] fcntl.2: note that mandatory locking is fully deprecated as of v5.15

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Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man2/fcntl.2 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2
index 7b5604e3a699..90e4c4a9f379 100644
--- a/man2/fcntl.2
+++ b/man2/fcntl.2
@@ -619,8 +619,8 @@ Because of these bugs,
 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.
+.RB ( CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING ). 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.
-- 
2.31.1




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