On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 02:40:38PM +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > > The phrasing is a bit tortured ... try this: > > > > .TP > > .BR RWF_NOWAIT " (since Linux 4.14)" > > Do not wait for data which is not immediately available. > > If this flag is specified the > > .BR preadv2 () > > system call will return instantly if it would have to read data from > > the backing storage or wait for a lock. > > If some data was successfully read, it will return the number of bytes read. > > If no bytes were read, it will return -1 and set > > .IR errno to > > .BR EAGAIN . > > This flag is meaningful only for > > .BR preadv2 () > > at the moment. > > .\" commit 3239d834847627b6634a4139cf1dc58f6f137a46 > > .\" commit 91f9943e1c7b6638f27312d03fe71fcc67b23571 > > What are your thoughts on Matthew's proposed rewording? The look good to me. I'll try to find some time to respin the patch with them incorporated.
