Re: [PATCH 1/2] readv.2: Document RWF_NOAPPEND flag

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On 26/11/2024 11:52, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
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().  ...


That sounds fine.

Thanks for the patch!

No worries. Let's wait a bit to see if any comments from fsdevel people.

Thanks,
John





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