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.balk(a)intel.com&gt; Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams(a)intel.com&gt; --- 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. COPYRIGHT ---------