[PATCH v1 2/2] loop.4: Document LOOP_SET_BLOCK_SIZE

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Signed-off-by: Yang Xu <xuyang2018.jy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man4/loop.4 | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man4/loop.4 b/man4/loop.4
index afb1d05c5..9fd2b3eb4 100644
--- a/man4/loop.4
+++ b/man4/loop.4
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ Set DIRECT IO mode on the loop device. So it can be used to open backing
 file. The (third)
 .BR ioctl(2)
 argument is an unsigned long value. non-zero represents direct IO mode.
+.TP
+.BR LOOP_SET_BLOCK_SIZE " (since Linux 4.14)"
+.\" commit 89e4fdecb51cf5535867026274bc97de9480ade5
+Set the block size of the loop device. The (third)
+.BR ioctl(2)
+argument is an unsigned long value. This value must be 2 to the power of N
+and in range [512,pagesize]. Otherwise, it will get EINVAL error.
 .PP
 Since Linux 2.6, there are two new
 .BR ioctl (2)
-- 
2.18.0






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