Hi John, On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 09:08:46AM +0000, John Garry wrote: > Document flag introduced in Linux v6.9 > > Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man/man2/readv.2 | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man/man2/readv.2 b/man/man2/readv.2 > index 78232c19f..836612bbe 100644 > --- a/man/man2/readv.2 > +++ b/man/man2/readv.2 > @@ -238,6 +238,26 @@ However, if the > .I offset > argument is \-1, the current file offset is updated. > .TP > +.BR RWF_NOAPPEND " (since Linux 6.9)" > +The > +.BR pwritev2 () > +system call does not honor the The other surrounding paragraphs talk in imperative (e.g., "Do not wait"). This should be consistent with them. How about this?: Do not honor the O_APPEND open(2) flag. This flag is meaningful only for pwritev2(). ... Thanks for the patch! Have a lovely day! Alex > +.B O_APPEND > +.BR open (2) > +flag. > +Historically Linux honored > +.B O_APPEND > +flag if set and ignored the offset argument, which is a bug. > +For > +.BR pwritev2 (), > +the > +.I offset > +argument is honored as expected if > +.BR RWF_NOAPPEND > +flag is set, the same as if > +.B O_APPEND > +flag were not set. > +.TP > .BR RWF_ATOMIC " (since Linux 6.11)" > Requires that > writes to regular files in block-based filesystems > -- > 2.31.1 > -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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