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autofs: add description of ignore pseudo mount option

Add a description of the "ignore" pseudo mount option that can be used
to provide a generic indicator to applications that the mount entry
should be ignored when displaying mount information.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/155287084617.12593.812733161112154904.stgit@pluto.themaw.net
Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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Ian Kent and committed by
Linus Torvalds
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Documentation/filesystems/autofs.txt
··· 526 526 Catatonic mode can only be left via the 527 527 **AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_OPENMOUNT_CMD** ioctl on the `/dev/autofs`. 528 528 529 + The "ignore" mount option 530 + ------------------------- 531 + 532 + The "ignore" mount option can be used to provide a generic indicator 533 + to applications that the mount entry should be ignored when displaying 534 + mount information. 535 + 536 + In other OSes that provide autofs and that provide a mount list to user 537 + space based on the kernel mount list a no-op mount option ("ignore" is 538 + the one use on the most common OSes) is allowed so that autofs file 539 + system users can optionally use it. 540 + 541 + This is intended to be used by user space programs to exclude autofs 542 + mounts from consideration when reading the mounts list. 543 + 529 544 autofs, name spaces, and shared mounts 530 545 -------------------------------------- 531 546