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| @@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ fcntl(), with all the problems that implies. | |||
| 53 | 1.3 Mandatory Locking As A Mount Option | 53 | 1.3 Mandatory Locking As A Mount Option |
| 54 | --------------------------------------- | 54 | --------------------------------------- |
| 55 | 55 | ||
| 56 | Mandatory locking, as described in 'Documentation/filesystems/mandatory.txt' | 56 | Mandatory locking, as described in |
| 57 | was prior to this release a general configuration option that was valid for | 57 | 'Documentation/filesystems/mandatory-locking.txt' was prior to this release a |
| 58 | all mounted filesystems. This had a number of inherent dangers, not the | 58 | general configuration option that was valid for all mounted filesystems. This |
| 59 | least of which was the ability to freeze an NFS server by asking it to read | 59 | had a number of inherent dangers, not the least of which was the ability to |
| 60 | a file for which a mandatory lock existed. | 60 | freeze an NFS server by asking it to read a file for which a mandatory lock |
| 61 | existed. | ||
| 61 | 62 | ||
| 62 | From this release of the kernel, mandatory locking can be turned on and off | 63 | From this release of the kernel, mandatory locking can be turned on and off |
| 63 | on a per-filesystem basis, using the mount options 'mand' and 'nomand'. | 64 | on a per-filesystem basis, using the mount options 'mand' and 'nomand'. |