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531.3 Mandatory Locking As A Mount Option 531.3 Mandatory Locking As A Mount Option
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56Mandatory locking, as described in 'Documentation/mandatory.txt' was prior 56Mandatory locking, as described in 'Documentation/filesystems/mandatory.txt'
57to this release a general configuration option that was valid for all 57was prior to this release a general configuration option that was valid for
58mounted filesystems. This had a number of inherent dangers, not the least 58all mounted filesystems. This had a number of inherent dangers, not the
59of which was the ability to freeze an NFS server by asking it to read a 59least of which was the ability to freeze an NFS server by asking it to read
60file for which a mandatory lock existed. 60a file for which a mandatory lock existed.
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62From this release of the kernel, mandatory locking can be turned on and off 62From this release of the kernel, mandatory locking can be turned on and off
63on a per-filesystem basis, using the mount options 'mand' and 'nomand'. 63on a per-filesystem basis, using the mount options 'mand' and 'nomand'.