Signed-off-by: Laurent Georget <laurent.georget@xxxxxxxxxx> Some return values are not documented in sendfile.2, this patch adds some details. --- man2/sendfile.2 | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/sendfile.2 b/man2/sendfile.2 index 93cf7e1..b56365e 100644 --- a/man2/sendfile.2 +++ b/man2/sendfile.2 @@ -136,7 +136,10 @@ Bad address. Descriptor is not valid or locked, or an .BR mmap (2)-like operation is not available for -.IR in_fd . +.IR in_fd , +or +.I count +is negative. .TP .B EINVAL .I out_fd @@ -153,6 +156,20 @@ Unspecified error while reading from .B ENOMEM Insufficient memory to read from .IR in_fd . +.TP +.B EOVERFLOW +.I count +is too large, the operation would result in exceeding the maximum size of either +the input file or the output file. +.TP +.B EPERM +Permissions are insufficient for reading from the input file or writing to the +output file. +.TP +.B ESPIPE +.I offset +is not NULL but the input file is not +.BR seek (2)-able. .SH VERSIONS .BR sendfile () first appeared in Linux 2.2. -- 2.4.10 -- 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
