Re: [PATCH manpages] listmount.2: fix verbiage about continuing the iteration

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Hi Jeff,

On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 12:12:22PM GMT, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Wed, 2024-11-13 at 16:59 +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > Hi Jeff,
> > 
> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 09:49:02AM GMT, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > > The "+1" is wrong, since the kernel already increments the last_id. Fix
> > > the manpage verbiage.
> > 
> > If it's not too difficult, could you show a small example program that
> > shows this?  Thanks!
> > 
> > Have a lovely day!
> > Alex
> > 
> 
> It's not too small, but I proposed this program as a sample for the
> kernel:
> 
>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20241112-statmount-v1-1-d98090c4c8be@xxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> It has a bug though that Miklos pointed out, since I followed the
> manpage. I'll be fixing that soon.

Thanks!

> > > Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>

I've applied the patch, with some tweaks to the commit message.
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?h=contrib&id=dfa492a21fd01e36c1858b9f8d66323e49011a96>

Have a lovely night!
Alex

> > > ---
> > >  man/man2/listmount.2 | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/man/man2/listmount.2 b/man/man2/listmount.2
> > > index 717581b85e12dc172b7c478b4608665e9da74933..00ac6a60c0cfead5c462fcac44e61647d841ffe5 100644
> > > --- a/man/man2/listmount.2
> > > +++ b/man/man2/listmount.2
> > > @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ is used to tell the kernel what mount ID to start the list from.
> > >  This is useful if multiple calls to
> > >  .BR listmount (2)
> > >  are required.
> > > -This can be set to the last mount ID returned + 1 in order to
> > > +This can be set to the last mount ID returned in order to
> > >  resume from a previous spot in the list.
> > >  .SH RETURN VALUE
> > >  On success, the number of entries filled into

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