- missing info about /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts mismatch - missing info about possible ioctl() and fcntl() problems on NFS filesystem --- util-linux-2.13-pre7/mount/mount.8.bugs 2006-03-30 21:36:56.000000000 +0200 +++ util-linux-2.13-pre7/mount/mount.8 2006-03-30 21:37:35.000000000 +0200 @@ -2047,6 +2047,23 @@ .IR /proc/partitions . In particular, it may well fail if the kernel was compiled with devfs but devfs is not mounted. +.PP +It is possible that files +.IR /etc/mtab +and +.IR /proc/mounts +don't match. The first file is based only on the mount command options, but the +content of the second file also depends on the kernel and others settings (e.g. +remote NFS server. In particular case the mount command may reports unreliable +information about a NFS mount point and the /proc/mounts file usually contains +more reliable information.) +.PP +Checking files on NFS filesystem referenced by file descriptors (i.e. the +.BR fcntl +and +.BR ioctl +families of functions) may lead to inconsistent result due to the lack of +consistency check in kernel even if noac is used. .SH HISTORY A .B mount