EINVAL can be returned by open(2) when the underlying filesystem doesn't support O_DIRECT. It is documented in the NOTES section but this patch adds it to the list of possible errors. --- man2/open.2 | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2 index 9ebc0a0..93a9e7d 100644 --- a/man2/open.2 +++ b/man2/open.2 @@ -611,6 +611,13 @@ While blocked waiting to complete an open of a slow device the call was interrupted by a signal handler; see .BR signal (7). .TP +.B EINVAL +The filesystem does not support the +.BR O_DIRECT +flag. See +.BR NOTES +for more information. +.TP .B EISDIR .I pathname refers to a directory and the access requested involved writing -- 1.8.1.5 -- 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
