e2mmpstatus is used to check Multiple-Mount Protection (MMP) status of an ext4 file system with the mmp
feature enabled. The specified filesystem can be a device name (e.g. /dev/hdc1, /dev/sdb2), or an ext4
file system label or UUID, for example UUID=8868abf6-88c5-4a83-98b8-bfc24057f7bd or LABEL=root. By
default, the e2mmpstatus program checks whether it is safe to mount the file system without taking the
risk of mounting it more than once.
MMP (multiple-mount protection) is a feature that adds protection against the file system being modified
simultaneously by more than one node. It is NOT safe to mount a file system when one of the following
conditions is true:
1. e2fsck is running on the file system.
2. the file system is in use by another node.
3. The MMP block is corrupted or cannot be read for some reason.
The e2mmpstatus program might wait for some time to see whether the MMP block is being updated by any
node during this period. The time taken depends on how frequently the MMP block is being written by the
other node.