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| author | Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> | 2019-05-14 15:44:20 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-05-14 19:52:50 -0700 |
| commit | f23ceaac6a4d5c1696f81fa58daa81cbb46fd422 (patch) | |
| tree | 94b6e612349ef4169e529a4aaceb5e8a852e0f58 /Documentation | |
| parent | 9200026623efb8d0383fa637a8926021d3de3482 (diff) | |
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@pluto.themaw.net
Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt index ac50b47f02bd..8fe43c97cb96 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt +++ b/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 |