The patch titled
Subject: autofs: update AUTOFS_EXP_LEAVES description
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
autofs-update-autofs_exp_leaves-description.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: autofs: update AUTOFS_EXP_LEAVES description
Update the description of AUTOFS_EXP_LEAVES to cover its possible future
use with amd format mount maps.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/155287083538.12593.18163159677020718048.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt~autofs-update-autofs_exp_leaves-description
+++ a/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt
@@ -262,8 +262,12 @@ up.
There is an option with indirect mounts to consider each of the leaves
that has been mounted on instead of considering the top-level names.
-This is intended for compatibility with version 4 of autofs and should
-be considered as deprecated.
+This was originally intended for compatibility with version 4 of autofs
+and should be considered as deprecated for Sun Format automount maps.
+However, it may be used again for amd format mount maps (which are
+generally indirect maps) because the amd automounter allows for the
+setting of an expire timeout for individual mounts. But there are
+some difficulties in making the needed changes for this.
When autofs considers a directory it checks the `last_used` time and
compares it with the "timeout" value set when the filesystem was
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from raven@xxxxxxxxxx are
