The patch in http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-man/msg05589.html was not accepted. Michael Kerrisk suggested in a private mail to add a comment in the BUGS section. Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> --- man7/fanotify.7 | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/fanotify.7 b/man7/fanotify.7 index 2a92908..98f012a 100644 --- a/man7/fanotify.7 +++ b/man7/fanotify.7 @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ so that multiple events can be retrieved by a single The return value of .BR read (2) is the number of bytes placed in the buffer, -or \-1 in case of an error. +or \-1 in case of an error (but see BUGS). The fields of the .I fanotify_event_metadata @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ The event queue can overflow. In this case, events are lost. .SH BUGS As of Linux 3.15, -the following bug exists: +the following bugs exists: .IP * 3 .\" FIXME: A patch was proposed. When an event is generated, @@ -478,6 +478,16 @@ before passing a file descriptor for that file. This poses a security risk, when the .B CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability is set for programs executed by unprivileged users. +.IP * +If a call to +.BR read( 2 ) +processes multiple events from the fanotify queue and an error occurs, the +return value will be the cumulated length of the events successfully copied to +the user space buffer before the error occured. +The return value will not be \-1. +.I errno +will not be set. +Thus, the user program has not way to detect the error. .SH EXAMPLE The following program demonstrates the usage of the fanotify API. It marks the mount point passed as a command-line argument -- 2.0.0.rc0 -- 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
