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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] autofs4 - zero timeout prevents shutdown
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:11:23 -0700
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:48:15 +0800 (WST)
Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> wrote:

> If the timeout of an autofs mount is set to zero then umounts
> are disabled. This works fine, however the kernel module checks
> the expire timeout and goes no further if it is zero. This is
> not the right thing to do at shutdown as the module is passed
> an option to expire mounts regardless of their timeout setting.

Is this a new feature, or a regression since <when>?

Thanks.