[PATCH v2] fcntl.2: note that mandatory locking is fully deprecated as of v5.15

[PATCH v2] fcntl.2: note that mandatory locking is fully deprecated as of v5.15

[Jeff Layton]

Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
---
 man2/fcntl.2 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

v2: Use semantic newline per Alejandro's suggestion.

diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2
index 7b5604e3a699..4b53a0a2640b 100644
--- a/man2/fcntl.2
+++ b/man2/fcntl.2
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ and the fact that the feature is believed to be little used,
 since Linux 4.5, mandatory locking has been made an optional feature,
 governed by a configuration option
 .RB ( CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING ).
-This is an initial step toward removing this feature completely.
+This feature is no longer supported at all in Linux 5.15 and above.
 .PP
 By default, both traditional (process-associated) and open file description
 record locks are advisory.
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2.31.1

Re: [PATCH v2] fcntl.2: note that mandatory locking is fully deprecated as of v5.15

[Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)]

On 10/3/21 2:24 PM, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> ---

Patch applied.

Thanks,

Alex

>   man2/fcntl.2 | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> v2: Use semantic newline per Alejandro's suggestion.
> 
> diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2
> index 7b5604e3a699..4b53a0a2640b 100644
> --- a/man2/fcntl.2
> +++ b/man2/fcntl.2
> @@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ and the fact that the feature is believed to be little used,
>   since Linux 4.5, mandatory locking has been made an optional feature,
>   governed by a configuration option
>   .RB ( CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING ).
> -This is an initial step toward removing this feature completely.
> +This feature is no longer supported at all in Linux 5.15 and above.
>   .PP
>   By default, both traditional (process-associated) and open file description
>   record locks are advisory.
> 


-- 
Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/