When 'destroy-namespace' or 'create-namespace --reconfig' operations
encounter a namespace that is mounted, the operation will always fail.
The '--force' option only forces continuation when the namespace is
active and not mounted. If the namespace is mounted then even --force
will fail.
Reported-by: Jeff Balk <jeff.b...@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.willi...@intel.com>
---
Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-create-namespace.txt | 11 +++++++----
Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-destroy-namespace.txt | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-create-namespace.txt
b/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-create-namespace.txt
index 85d1f8db792f..4f1f9849207f 100644
--- a/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-create-namespace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-create-namespace.txt
@@ -133,10 +133,13 @@ OPTIONS
-f::
--force::
- Unless this option is specified a 'reconfigure
- namespace' operation will fail if the namespace is presently
- active. Specifying --force causes the namespace to be disabled
- before reconfiguring.
+ Unless this option is specified the 'reconfigure namespace'
+ operation will fail if the namespace is presently active.
+ Specifying --force causes the namespace to be disabled before
+ the operation is attempted. However, if the namespace is
+ mounted then the 'disable namespace' and 'reconfigure
+ namespace' operations will be aborted. The namespace must be
+ unmounted before being reconfigured.
-v::
--verbose::
diff --git a/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-destroy-namespace.txt
b/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-destroy-namespace.txt
index 8130b2156452..7078c0b21929 100644
--- a/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-destroy-namespace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-destroy-namespace.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ include::xable-namespace-options.txt[]
Unless this option is specified the 'destroy namespace'
operation will fail if the namespace is presently active.
Specifying --force causes the namespace to be disabled before
- the operation is attempted.
+ the operation is attempted. However, if the namespace is
+ mounted then the 'disable namespace' and 'destroy
+ namespace' operations will be aborted. The namespace must be
+ unmounted before being destroyed.
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