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authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2020-06-26 20:35:10 +0300
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2020-06-26 20:35:10 +0300
commit435a77434653faabcdf26c3d08c4fd25602c8613 (patch)
treec123be30b03ba5614201b726143c7d3e6d500c98 /Documentation/filesystems
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parent4ac250814dfdc8606ac643283f26a63b0d5cbc73 (diff)
downloadlinux-435a77434653faabcdf26c3d08c4fd25602c8613.tar.xz
Merge branch 'mauro' into docs-next
A big set of fixes and RST conversions from Mauro. He swears that this is the last RST conversion set, which is certainly cause for celebration.
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
index 53a0230a08e2..cc0fd2685562 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
@@ -2179,46 +2179,44 @@ subset=pid hides all top level files and directories in the procfs that
are not related to tasks.
5 Filesystem behavior
-----------------------------
+---------------------------
Originally, before the advent of pid namepsace, procfs was a global file
system. It means that there was only one procfs instance in the system.
When pid namespace was added, a separate procfs instance was mounted in
each pid namespace. So, procfs mount options are global among all
-mountpoints within the same namespace.
-
-::
+mountpoints within the same namespace::
-# grep ^proc /proc/mounts
-proc /proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=2 0 0
+ # grep ^proc /proc/mounts
+ proc /proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=2 0 0
-# strace -e mount mount -o hidepid=1 -t proc proc /tmp/proc
-mount("proc", "/tmp/proc", "proc", 0, "hidepid=1") = 0
-+++ exited with 0 +++
+ # strace -e mount mount -o hidepid=1 -t proc proc /tmp/proc
+ mount("proc", "/tmp/proc", "proc", 0, "hidepid=1") = 0
+ +++ exited with 0 +++
-# grep ^proc /proc/mounts
-proc /proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=2 0 0
-proc /tmp/proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=2 0 0
+ # grep ^proc /proc/mounts
+ proc /proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=2 0 0
+ proc /tmp/proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=2 0 0
and only after remounting procfs mount options will change at all
-mountpoints.
+mountpoints::
-# mount -o remount,hidepid=1 -t proc proc /tmp/proc
+ # mount -o remount,hidepid=1 -t proc proc /tmp/proc
-# grep ^proc /proc/mounts
-proc /proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=1 0 0
-proc /tmp/proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=1 0 0
+ # grep ^proc /proc/mounts
+ proc /proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=1 0 0
+ proc /tmp/proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=1 0 0
This behavior is different from the behavior of other filesystems.
The new procfs behavior is more like other filesystems. Each procfs mount
creates a new procfs instance. Mount options affect own procfs instance.
It means that it became possible to have several procfs instances
-displaying tasks with different filtering options in one pid namespace.
+displaying tasks with different filtering options in one pid namespace::
-# mount -o hidepid=invisible -t proc proc /proc
-# mount -o hidepid=noaccess -t proc proc /tmp/proc
-# grep ^proc /proc/mounts
-proc /proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=invisible 0 0
-proc /tmp/proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=noaccess 0 0
+ # mount -o hidepid=invisible -t proc proc /proc
+ # mount -o hidepid=noaccess -t proc proc /tmp/proc
+ # grep ^proc /proc/mounts
+ proc /proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=invisible 0 0
+ proc /tmp/proc proc rw,relatime,hidepid=noaccess 0 0