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@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ initiated or is being considered, otherwise it returns 0.
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Mountpoint expiry
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Mountpoint expiry
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-The VFS has a mechansim for automatically expiring unused mounts,
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+The VFS has a mechanism for automatically expiring unused mounts,
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much as it can expire any unused dentry information from the dcache.
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much as it can expire any unused dentry information from the dcache.
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-This is guided by the MNT_SHRINKABLE flag. This only applies to
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+This is guided by the MNT_SHRINKABLE flag. This only applies to
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mounts that were created by `d_automount()` returning a filesystem to be
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mounts that were created by `d_automount()` returning a filesystem to be
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mounted. As autofs doesn't return such a filesystem but leaves the
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mounted. As autofs doesn't return such a filesystem but leaves the
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mounting to the automount daemon, it must involve the automount daemon
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mounting to the automount daemon, it must involve the automount daemon
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@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ remove directories and symlinks using normal filesystem operations.
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autofs knows whether a process requesting some operation is the daemon
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autofs knows whether a process requesting some operation is the daemon
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or not based on its process-group id number (see getpgid(1)).
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or not based on its process-group id number (see getpgid(1)).
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-When an autofs filesystem it mounted the pgid of the mounting
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+When an autofs filesystem is mounted the pgid of the mounting
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processes is recorded unless the "pgrp=" option is given, in which
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processes is recorded unless the "pgrp=" option is given, in which
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case that number is recorded instead. Any request arriving from a
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case that number is recorded instead. Any request arriving from a
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process in that process group is considered to come from the daemon.
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process in that process group is considered to come from the daemon.
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@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ Commands are:
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numbers for existing filesystems can be found in
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numbers for existing filesystems can be found in
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`/proc/self/mountinfo`.
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`/proc/self/mountinfo`.
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- **AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CLOSEMOUNT_CMD**: same as `close(ioctlfd)`.
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- **AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CLOSEMOUNT_CMD**: same as `close(ioctlfd)`.
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-- **AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_SETPIPEFD_CMD**: if the filesystem is in
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+- **AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_SETPIPEFD_CMD**: if the filesystem is in
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catatonic mode, this can provide the write end of a new pipe
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catatonic mode, this can provide the write end of a new pipe
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in `arg1` to re-establish communication with a daemon. The
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in `arg1` to re-establish communication with a daemon. The
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process group of the calling process is used to identify the
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process group of the calling process is used to identify the
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