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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locks.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/locks.txt index fab857a..2cf8108 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/locks.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locks.txt @@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ fcntl(), with all the problems that implies. 1.3 Mandatory Locking As A Mount Option --------------------------------------- -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. +Mandatory locking, as described in +'Documentation/filesystems/mandatory-locking.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'. |