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umount.2: Correct the description of MNT_DETACH 

I recently realized that I had been reasoning improperly about
what umount(MNT_DETACH) did based on an insufficient description
in the umount.2 man page, that matched my intuition but not the
implementation.

When there are no submounts, MNT_DETACH is essentially harmless to
applications.  Where there are submounts, MNT_DETACH changes what
is visible to applications using the detach directories.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Eric W. Biederman 2014-09-29 18:04:05 -07:00 committed by Michael Kerrisk
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@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ This can cause data loss.
(Only for NFS mounts.)
.TP
.BR MNT_DETACH " (since Linux 2.4.11)"
Perform a lazy unmount: make the mount point unavailable for
new accesses, and actually perform the unmount when the mount point
ceases to be busy.
Perform a lazy unmount: make the mount point unavailable for new
accesses, immediately disconnect the filesystem and all filesystems
mounted below it from each other and from the mount table, and
actually perform the unmount when the mount point ceases to be busy.
.TP
.BR MNT_EXPIRE " (since Linux 2.6.8)"
Mark the mount point as expired.