From 124b24148b360119f0960e5d1b45f5ad2c39983c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:21:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] proc.5: Rework /proc/PID/mountinfo text on dominant peer groups Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man5/proc.5 | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index c72adbb6b..6e143b690 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -1197,8 +1197,18 @@ This mount is slave to peer group .TP propagate_from:X This mount is a slave and receives propagation from peer group -.IR X -(*). +.IR X . +.I X +is the closest dominant peer group under the process's root. +If +.I X +is the immediate master of the mount, +or if there is no dominant peer group under the same root, +then only the +.I master:X +field is present and not the +.I propagate_from:X +field. .TP .I unbindable This mount is unbindable. @@ -1206,12 +1216,6 @@ This mount is unbindable. .IP Parsers should ignore all unrecognized optional fields. .IP -(*) X is the closest dominant peer group under the process's root. -If X is the immediate master of the mount, -or if there is no dominant peer group under the same root, -then only the "master:X" field is present -and not the "propagate_from:X" field. - For more information on mount propagation see: .I Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt in the Linux kernel source tree.