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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt index 409e6411904d..3af38c7fd26d 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt @@ -526,6 +526,21 @@ directories. Catatonic mode can only be left via the **AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_OPENMOUNT_CMD** ioctl on the `/dev/autofs`. +The "ignore" mount option +------------------------- + +The "ignore" mount option can be used to provide a generic indicator +to applications that the mount entry should be ignored when displaying +mount information. + +In other OSes that provide autofs and that provide a mount list to user +space based on the kernel mount list a no-op mount option ("ignore" is +the one use on the most common OSes) is allowed so that autofs file +system users can optionally use it. + +This is intended to be used by user space programs to exclude autofs +mounts from consideration when reading the mounts list. + autofs, name spaces, and shared mounts -------------------------------------- |