Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:60574 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750758AbdE3Er7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 May 2017 00:47:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 10:17:54 +0530 From: Niels de Vos To: NeilBrown Cc: Steve Dickson , systemd-devel@freedesktop.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, Lennart Poettering Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfs.man: document incompatibility between "bg" option and systemd. Message-ID: <20170530044754.GK3364@ndevos-x240.usersys.redhat.com> References: <87lgpkgwrw.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> <20170529133814.GC17967@gardel-login> <87tw43fgrf.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <87tw43fgrf.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 08:19:16AM +1000, NeilBrown wrote: > > Systemd does not, and will not, support "bg" correctly. > It has other, better, ways to handle "background" mounting. > > Explain this. > > See also https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6046 > > Signed-off-by: NeilBrown > --- > utils/mount/nfs.man | 18 +++++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man > index cc6e992ed807..7e76492d454f 100644 > --- a/utils/mount/nfs.man > +++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man > @@ -372,6 +372,21 @@ Alternatively these issues can be addressed > using an automounter (refer to > .BR automount (8) > for details). > +.IP > +When > +.B systemd > +is used to mount the filesystems listed in > +.IR /etc/fstab , > +the > +.B bg > +option is not supported, and may be stripped from the option list. > +Similar functionality can be achieved by providing the > +.B x-system.automount > +option. This will cause > +.B systemd > +to attempt to mount the filesystem when the mountpoint is first > +accessed, rather than during system boot. The mount still happens in > +the "background", though in a different way. > .TP 1.5i > .BR rdirplus " / " nordirplus > Selects whether to use NFS v3 or v4 READDIRPLUS requests. > @@ -1810,7 +1825,8 @@ such as security negotiation, server referrals, and named attributes. > .BR rpc.idmapd (8), > .BR rpc.gssd (8), > .BR rpc.svcgssd (8), > -.BR kerberos (1) > +.BR kerberos (1), > +.BR systemd.mount (5) . > .sp > RFC 768 for the UDP specification. > .br > -- > 2.12.2 > I like this, it makes it so much easier for users to find the better alternative. FWIW, Reviewed-by: Niels de Vos