The patch titled
Subject: autofs: add description of ignore pseudo mount option
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
autofs-add-description-of-ignore-pseudo-mount-option.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/autofs-add-description-of-ignore-pseudo-mount-option.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/autofs-add-description-of-ignore-pseudo-mount-option.patch
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From: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt~autofs-add-description-of-ignore-pseudo-mount-option
+++ a/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt
@@ -526,6 +526,21 @@ directories.
Catatonic mode can only be left via the
**AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_OPENMOUNT_CMD** ioctl on the `/dev/autofs`.
+The "ignore" mount option
+-------------------------
+
+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
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from raven@xxxxxxxxxx are
autofs-fix-some-word-usage-odities-in-autofstxt.patch
autofs-update-autofstxt-for-strictexpire-mount-option.patch
autofs-update-autofs_exp_leaves-description.patch
autofs-update-mount-control-expire-desription-with-autofs_exp_forced.patch
autofs-add-description-of-ignore-pseudo-mount-option.patch
