With a new patch included in the mm tree event_f_flags is checked for allowable values. Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> --- man2/fanotify_init.2 | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/fanotify_init.2 b/man2/fanotify_init.2 index 2cb2887..9e0a36c 100644 --- a/man2/fanotify_init.2 +++ b/man2/fanotify_init.2 @@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ For details of these flags, see the description of the .I flags values in .BR open (2). -Useful values are: +.I event_f_flags +comprises a multi-bit field for the access mode. +This field can take the following values: .TP .B O_RDONLY This value allows only read access. @@ -162,9 +164,10 @@ This value allows only write access. .TP .B O_RDWR This value allows read and write access. -.TP -.B O_CLOEXEC -Enable the close-on-exec flag for the file descriptor. +.PP +Additional bits can be set in +.IR event_f_flags . +The most useful values are: .TP .B O_LARGEFILE Enable support for files exceeding 2 GB. @@ -172,6 +175,20 @@ Failing to set this flag will result in an .B EOVERFLOW error when trying to open a large file which is monitored by an fanotify group on a 32-bit system. +.TP +.B O_CLOEXEC +Enable the close-on-exec flag for the file descriptor. +.PP +The following are also allowable: +.BR O_APPEND , +.BR O_DSYNC , +.BR O_NOATIME , +.BR O_NONBLOCK , +and +.BR O_SYNC . +All other values will lead to an error +.B EINVAL +(but see BUGS). .SH RETURN VALUE On success, .BR fanotify_init () @@ -183,9 +200,12 @@ is set to indicate the error. .TP .B EINVAL An invalid value was passed in -.IR flags . +.I flags +or +.IR event_f_flags . .B FAN_ALL_INIT_FLAGS -defines all allowable bits. +defines all allowable bits for +.IR flags . .TP .B EMFILE The number of fanotify groups for this user exceeds 128. @@ -213,7 +233,7 @@ This system call is Linux-specific. As of Linux 3.15, the following bug exists: .IP * 3 -.\" FIXME: Patch proposed. +.\" FIXME: Patch accepted to mm tree. The .I event_f_flags argument is not checked for invalid flags. -- 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
