Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Allows the application to remove/replace/add files to/from a file set.
> Passes in a struct:
>
> struct io_uring_files_update {
> __u32 offset;
> __s32 *fds;
> };
>
> that holds an array of fds, size of array passed in through the usual
> nr_args part of the io_uring_register() system call. The logic is as
> follows:
>
> 1) If ->fds[i] is -1, the existing file at i + ->offset is removed from
> the set.
> 2) If ->fds[i] is a valid fd, the existing file at i + ->offset is
> replaced with ->fds[i].
>
> For case #2, is the existing file is currently empty (fd == -1), the
> new fd is simply added to the array.
If I'm reading this (and the code) right, that means you can't add files
to a set. Wouldn't that be a useful thing to do, instead of just
replacing existing ones?
Can you post the man page update along with this?
Thanks,
Jeff
