busybox flock(1) only supports -x and not -e. util-linux flock(1) treats both -e and -x the same, documents them both in its man page, but lists only -x in its help output. Referring to util-linux git, it seems both options were added between util-linux-2.13-pre1 and util-linux-2.13-pre2 back in 2006, so there should be no harm in switching over to flock -x to avoid confusing error output when attempting to mount a NFS on a busybox system: $ mount -t nfs 192.168.2.13:/home/afa/nfsroot/imx8mn-evk /mnt flock: invalid option -- 'e' BusyBox v1.36.0 () multi-call binary. Usage: flock [-sxun] FD | { FILE [-c] PROG ARGS } [Un]lock file descriptor, or lock FILE, run PROG -s Shared lock -x Exclusive lock (default) -u Unlock FD -n Fail rather than wait Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- utils/statd/start-statd | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/utils/statd/start-statd b/utils/statd/start-statd index b11a7d91a7f6..67a2f4ad8e0e 100755 --- a/utils/statd/start-statd +++ b/utils/statd/start-statd @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin" # Use flock to serialize the running of this script exec 9> /run/rpc.statd.lock -flock -e 9 +flock -x 9 if [ -s /run/rpc.statd.pid ] && [ "1$(cat /run/rpc.statd.pid)" -gt 1 ] && -- 2.39.2