From 6a6c1eb16cc7b136be982cfdaa6f79f45ba1cd9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:44:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mount: add note about fcntl/ioctl unreliability on NFS to mount.8 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- mount/mount.8 | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/mount/mount.8 b/mount/mount.8 index 802f4e46..14a6f949 100644 --- a/mount/mount.8 +++ b/mount/mount.8 @@ -2067,6 +2067,13 @@ content of the second file also depends on the kernel and others settings (e.g. remote NFS server. In particular case the mount command may reports unreliable information about a NFS mount point and the /proc/mounts file usually contains more reliable information.) +.PP +Checking files on NFS filesystem referenced by file descriptors (i.e. the +.BR fcntl +and +.BR ioctl +families of functions) may lead to inconsistent result due to the lack of +consistency check in kernel even if noac is used. .SH HISTORY A .B mount -- 2.39.5