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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/00-INDEX | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/mandatory-locking.txt (renamed from Documentation/mandatory.txt) | 0 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/locks.txt | 10 |
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 43e89b1537d9..910473cb1c1c 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ fb/ feature-removal-schedule.txt - list of files and features that are going to be removed. filesystems/ - - directory with info on the various filesystems that Linux supports. + - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. firmware_class/ - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. floppy.txt @@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ m68k/ - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. magic-number.txt - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. -mandatory.txt - - info on the Linux implementation of Sys V mandatory file locking. mca.txt - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems. md.txt diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX index 59db1bca7027..e801076812a4 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX @@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ isofs.txt - info and mount options for the ISO 9660 (CDROM) filesystem. jfs.txt - info and mount options for the JFS filesystem. +mandatory-locking.txt + - info on the Linux implementation of Sys V mandatory file locking. ncpfs.txt - info on Novell Netware(tm) filesystem using NCP protocol. ntfs.txt diff --git a/Documentation/mandatory.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/mandatory-locking.txt index bc449d49eee5..bc449d49eee5 100644 --- a/Documentation/mandatory.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/mandatory-locking.txt diff --git a/Documentation/locks.txt b/Documentation/locks.txt index e3b402ef33bd..fab857accbd6 100644 --- a/Documentation/locks.txt +++ b/Documentation/locks.txt @@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ fcntl(), with all the problems that implies. 1.3 Mandatory Locking As A Mount Option --------------------------------------- -Mandatory locking, as described in 'Documentation/mandatory.txt' was prior -to this release a general configuration option that was valid for all -mounted filesystems. This had a number of inherent dangers, not the least -of which was the ability to freeze an NFS server by asking it to read a -file for which a mandatory lock existed. +Mandatory locking, as described in 'Documentation/filesystems/mandatory.txt' +was prior to this release a general configuration option that was valid for +all mounted filesystems. This had a number of inherent dangers, not the +least of which was the ability to freeze an NFS server by asking it to read +a file for which a mandatory lock existed. From this release of the kernel, mandatory locking can be turned on and off on a per-filesystem basis, using the mount options 'mand' and 'nomand'. |