Re: [PATCH] mount: (manpage) add CephFS kernel client mount options

On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 12:58:38PM -0800, Viacheslav Dubeyko wrote:
> From: Viacheslav Dubeyko <[email protected]>
> 
> Currently, manpage for generic mount tool doesn't contain
> explanation of CephFS kernel client mount options. This patch
> adds the description of CephFS mount options into
> file system specific mount options section.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <[email protected]>
> ---
>  sys-utils/mount.8.adoc | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 86 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8.adoc b/sys-utils/mount.8.adoc
> index 4571bd2bfd16..191a3fabf501 100644
> --- a/sys-utils/mount.8.adoc
> +++ b/sys-utils/mount.8.adoc
> @@ -853,6 +853,7 @@ This section lists options that are specific to particular filesystems. Where po
>  |===
>  |*Filesystem(s)* |*Manual page*
>  |btrfs |*btrfs*(5)
> +|cephfs |*mount.ceph*(8)

It seems that all we need is this change.

>  |cifs |*mount.cifs*(8)
>  |ext2, ext3, ext4 |*ext4*(5)
>  |fuse |*fuse*(8)
> @@ -913,6 +914,91 @@ Give blocksize. Allowed values are 512, 1024, 2048, 4096.
>  **grpquota**|**noquota**|**quota**|*usrquota*::
>  These options are accepted but ignored. (However, quota utilities may react to such strings in _/etc/fstab_.)
>  
> +=== Mount options for ceph

If mount.ceph(8) exists, we do not need to repeat the mount option in
mount(8). The ideal solution is to keep filesystem-specific mount
options in the filesystem-specific man page maintained by the
filesystem developer :-)  See btrfs, extN, XFS, etc.

    Karel


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