Hello Mark, On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Mark Hills <mark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The return error EDQUOT is not documented in open(2), write(2), > symlink(2) etc.. > > Whether inodes or disk blocks are required for each function is something > I based on received wisdom and BSD documentation, rather than tracing the > code to the kernel. For symlink(2) this certainly depends on the file > system type. > > This patch was previously sent to the linux-man mailing list as an RFC in > September 2010. Thanks. The patch looks pretty thorough to me, in terms of distinguishing the -node vs blocks cases. I've applied it for 3.46. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Mark Hills <mark@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man2/link.2 | 3 +++ > man2/mkdir.2 | 4 ++++ > man2/mknod.2 | 4 ++++ > man2/open.2 | 6 ++++++ > man2/rename.2 | 3 +++ > man2/symlink.2 | 5 +++++ > man2/write.2 | 6 ++++++ > man3/mkfifo.3 | 4 ++++ > 8 files changed, 35 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man2/link.2 b/man2/link.2 > index 4de8fb5..70ed9df 100644 > --- a/man2/link.2 > +++ b/man2/link.2 > @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ or > (See also > .BR path_resolution (7).) > .TP > +.B EDQUOT > +The user's quota of disk blocks on the file system has been exhausted. > +.TP > .B EEXIST > .I newpath > already exists. > diff --git a/man2/mkdir.2 b/man2/mkdir.2 > index 371f06b..9a1f505 100644 > --- a/man2/mkdir.2 > +++ b/man2/mkdir.2 > @@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ did not allow search permission. > (See also > .BR path_resolution (7).) > .TP > +.B EDQUOT > +The user's quota of disk blocks or inodes on the file system has been > +exhausted. > +.TP > .B EEXIST > .I pathname > already exists (not necessarily as a directory). > diff --git a/man2/mknod.2 b/man2/mknod.2 > index ff55813..98d00ab 100644 > --- a/man2/mknod.2 > +++ b/man2/mknod.2 > @@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ did not allow search permission. > (See also > .BR path_resolution (7).) > .TP > +.B EDQUOT > +The user's quota of disk blocks or inodes on the file system has been > +exhausted. > +.TP > .B EEXIST > .I pathname > already exists. > diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2 > index f9a63e9..ae87566 100644 > --- a/man2/open.2 > +++ b/man2/open.2 > @@ -480,6 +480,12 @@ is not allowed. > (See also > .BR path_resolution (7).) > .TP > +.B EDQUOT > +Where > +.B O_CREAT > +is specified, the file does not exist, and the user's quota of disk > +blocks or inodes on the file system has been exhausted. > +.TP > .B EEXIST > .I pathname > already exists and > diff --git a/man2/rename.2 b/man2/rename.2 > index 917050d..2c7a251 100644 > --- a/man2/rename.2 > +++ b/man2/rename.2 > @@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ it is allowed to return > if the system cannot otherwise > handle such situations.) > .TP > +.B EDQUOT > +The user's quota of disk blocks on the file system has been exhausted. > +.TP > .B EFAULT > .IR oldpath " or " newpath " points outside your accessible address space." > .TP > diff --git a/man2/symlink.2 b/man2/symlink.2 > index 93f2871..ac4e646 100644 > --- a/man2/symlink.2 > +++ b/man2/symlink.2 > @@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ did not allow search permission. > (See also > .BR path_resolution (7).) > .TP > +.B EDQUOT > +The user's quota of resources on the file system has been exhausted. > +The resources could be inodes or disk blocks, dependending on the file > +system implementation. > +.TP > .B EEXIST > .I newpath > already exists. > diff --git a/man2/write.2 b/man2/write.2 > index 8abcc57..bde6c4b 100644 > --- a/man2/write.2 > +++ b/man2/write.2 > @@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ is not a valid file descriptor or is not open for writing. > refers to a datagram socket for which a peer address has not been set using > .BR connect (2). > .TP > +.B EDQUOT > +The user's quota of disk blocks on the file system containing the file > +referred to by > +.I fd > +has been exhausted. > +.TP > .B EFAULT > .I buf > is outside your accessible address space. > diff --git a/man3/mkfifo.3 b/man3/mkfifo.3 > index 35b46b5..5584ab5 100644 > --- a/man3/mkfifo.3 > +++ b/man3/mkfifo.3 > @@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ is set appropriately). > One of the directories in \fIpathname\fP did not allow search > (execute) permission. > .TP > +.B EDQUOT > +The user's quota of disk blocks or inodes on the file system has been > +exhausted. > +.TP > .B EEXIST > \fIpathname\fP already exists. > This includes the case where > -- > 1.7.12.1 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
