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From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Karel Zak <kzak-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro-RmSDqhL/yNMiFSDQTTA3OLVCufUGDwFn@public.gmane.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman"
	<ebiederm-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-fsdevel
	<linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	Linux API <linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	util-linux-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)"
	<mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: User-visible context-mount API
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:48:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOssrKeRaA77NUctnwQ0=r6xMg_o1UVbqqTBJ60q-n4DP_LvDw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180117110633.zneqvnjzgxkv4yc2-xkT7n84Rsxv/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 12:06 PM, Karel Zak <kzak-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:

>> Documenting  --make-private thing properly would also help.  To me the
>> wording "make private" strongly implies "I want to make submounts
>> private to this instance".  See for example rhbz#1432211.
>
> All propagation stuff is poorly documented in mount.8. It would be
> nice to add section about it to the man page. Volunteer? (My skills to
> explain this topic to end-users is pretty limited...)

Propagation is common to mount(2) and there's some info in there
already, but fine points like this are not explained.

Maybe a new page in section 7?

Thanks,
Miklos

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-01-18  9:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <28167.1516032442@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
     [not found] ` <28167.1516032442-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2018-01-16  9:01   ` User-visible context-mount API Miklos Szeredi
2018-01-16 10:10 ` David Howells
2018-01-16 10:35   ` Miklos Szeredi
     [not found]   ` <CAOssrKc46bf=yme=zSubYF6t-TGfxEpCaKMQ6GVp30-vuaXWLw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2018-01-16 14:18     ` David Howells
     [not found]   ` <22576.1516097412-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2018-01-17 10:43     ` Karel Zak
     [not found] ` <CAOssrKdgudK7kKbhQBAnV9EwzHBq=4+9M26JGfmhNDGrGXmnFg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2018-01-16 15:40   ` David Howells
     [not found]     ` <1643.1516117204-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2018-01-16 16:41       ` Miklos Szeredi
     [not found]         ` <CAOssrKdn-ZhOB9V28uL-JK9zgNGJzF4cFBeyoqLLj4pADqNFVQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2018-01-17  4:17           ` Al Viro
2018-01-17  9:53             ` Miklos Szeredi
     [not found]               ` <CAOssrKfN_ZT5yJC1mxkhUf6FG=_eMD4nzQtETfu_4X3vOf1kHw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2018-01-17 11:06                 ` Karel Zak
     [not found]                   ` <20180117110633.zneqvnjzgxkv4yc2-xkT7n84Rsxv/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2018-01-18  9:48                     ` Miklos Szeredi [this message]
2018-01-19  2:27                     ` Al Viro
2018-01-19  6:32                 ` Al Viro

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