[PATCH 1/1] man2/mount.2: expand and clarify docs for MS_REMOUNT | MS_BIND

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My edit is based on experiments and reading Linux code

Signed-off-by: Askar Safin <safinaskar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man/man2/mount.2 | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/man2/mount.2 b/man/man2/mount.2
index 5d83231f9..909b82e88 100644
--- a/man/man2/mount.2
+++ b/man/man2/mount.2
@@ -405,7 +405,19 @@ flag can be used with
 to modify only the per-mount-point flags.
 .\" See https://lwn.net/Articles/281157/
 This is particularly useful for setting or clearing the "read-only"
-flag on a mount without changing the underlying filesystem.
+flag on a mount without changing flags of the underlying filesystem.
+The
+.I data
+argument is ignored if
+.B MS_REMOUNT
+and
+.B MS_BIND
+are specified.
+The
+.I mountflags
+should specify existing per-mount-point flags,
+except for those parameters
+that are deliberately changed.
 Specifying
 .I mountflags
 as:
@@ -416,8 +428,11 @@ MS_REMOUNT | MS_BIND | MS_RDONLY
 .EE
 .in
 .P
-will make access through this mountpoint read-only, without affecting
-other mounts.
+will make access through this mountpoint read-only
+(and clear all other per-mount-point flags),
+without affecting
+other mounts
+of this filesystem.
 .\"
 .SS Creating a bind mount
 If
-- 
2.47.2





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