Re: [PATCH v2] tmpfs.5: extend with new noswap documentation

From: Alejandro Colomar
Date: Mon Sep 25 2023 - 20:20:40 EST


Hi Luis,

On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 04:50:22PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> Linux commit 2c6efe9cf2d7 ("shmem: add support to ignore swap")
> merged as of v6.4 added support to disable swap for tmpfs mounts.
>
> This extends the man page to document that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied.

Thanks,
Alex

> ---
>
> changes on v2:
>
> - Use semantic newlines
>
> man5/tmpfs.5 | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man5/tmpfs.5 b/man5/tmpfs.5
> index 5274e632d6fd..047a17a78ee0 100644
> --- a/man5/tmpfs.5
> +++ b/man5/tmpfs.5
> @@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ suffixes like
> .BR size ,
> but not a % suffix.
> .TP
> +.BR noswap "(since Linux 6.4)"
> +.\" commit 2c6efe9cf2d7841b75fe38ed1adbd41a90f51ba0
> +Disables swap.
> +Remounts must respect the original settings.
> +By default swap is enabled.
> +.TP
> .BR mode "=\fImode\fP"
> Set initial permissions of the root directory.
> .TP
> --
> 2.39.2
>

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